Growing up I was always fascinated by The Netherlands, windmills, tulips and so much history even more so for me as I knew that my family originally were Dutch. So when Duinrell contacted us with the opportunity to visit we jumped at the chance and headed off for an October Half Term break just across…
One of our family goals this year is to spend at least 1 weekend every month as a quality time weekend with the kids exploring, adventuring and ignoring the day to day chores of homelife. For the first weekend of the year, we decided to head down to London to get some culture, history and…
It must be the age that our kids are but as I’ve been talking with friends who have children of a similar age there is a theme that at some point this summer the majority of us are heading of camping, some more local than others to try it out but we’re jumping in feet…
Last week I spent a day down in London talking with radio stations around the country all about Childhood Nostalgia based upon research carried out by Hollywood Bowl. I talked about how as parents it’s up to us to think about the things that we loved doing as a child and introduce them to our…
When it comes to going on holiday there is one thing that I constantly think about, what will I actually take with me. For years I backpacked, everything that I took had to fit in my ruck sack and then I had to be able to carry it as well. I quickly learnt to pack…
There is nothing like escaping your day to day and discovering somewhere new, and also something very nostalgic if you head off by train. Southeastern Railways covers Kent and East Sussex and is a quick and easy hop to the coast from the city. Hastings is famous because of the Battle of Hasting in 1066,…
When it comes to travel with kids one of the cheapest ways to go about it is to head out camping. As a family we love to camp, my husband who had only slept under canvas once before we got married is now a fan and we try and fit in a few small camping…
If you are starting to plan your vacation to Orlando then there are so many choices of where to stay, do you stay within one of the Disney Hotels, or how about a hotel on International Drive or one of the other popular areas? But, have you considered a villa! With a variety of locations…
When it comes to movies and books there is one series that has captured my attention since I was a late teen and I have read many many many times and seen the movies, even, more times than my husband has seen his favourite. It’s Harry Potter of course. It captured my attention because JK…
Last summer we headed off for a long weekend to experience Camping in the Forest with the Camping and Caravan Club. We slept all 4 of us and the dog in our tiny little tent for 2 nights in the rain and we all loved it. This summer we decided that a week would be…
How well do you know the area that you live in? We’ve lived in East Anglia all my life (well my parents have I’ve travelled a little bit) and in Suffolk for the last 9 years and we’ve never really explored the county much! So a couple of weekends ago after spending the spring evenings…
Visiting the beach is a ton of fun for the entire family. As with every adventure you take with your family, going to the beach requires some planning. Gathering these beach essentials for families will help make your trip to the beach an enjoyable one. From oversized beach towels, sand toys, and boogie boards, you…
I’m looking back at pictures from our past vacations and around the home and guess what I have fabulous pictures of the kids, my husband, the dog, some wildlife we see, friends, family but really lacking is me. I’ve got the occasional selfie or a bad picture my husband has taken of me but really nothing…
Over the summer we visited Switzerland and Orlando, Florida. On both trips I was accompanied by my two kids and to Switzerland I travelled solo. My first time on planes and trains with just me and them – finding a bag that worked for me and so that I felt that they were safe as…
Three years ago as a family of four we headed off for our first family vacation just the 4 of us to a holiday resort in Lanzarote. It was cheap, would be warm and there would be stuff for the kids to do and us to do as a family – but I was really…
Over the summer, we were lucky to spend some time exploring some of Switzerland and the area around Saint Moritz in the Engadin region of the Swiss Alps. Now I don’t know about you but to me Switzerland brings back pictures of snow covered mountains and I won’t lie I did see snow as there…
When we first had kids I could never see a point in our lives where we would be able to explore and travel the world. The thought of 2 kids on a flight for hours, screaming, not sleeping or just getting agitated because they are uncomfortable and want to get up terrified me. Suddenly in…
Switzerland for me brings back memories of ski holidays as a child, pistes full of snow for hours and days of fun going up and down chair lifts, building snow castles and making snow angels. Returning this summer to the Engadine region of Switzerland with the kids for a long weekend break at The Grand…
I have a goal for the summer whilst we’re at home to get at least one of the kids cycling without their stabilisers and also looking at getting myself a bicycle – why because in the future I would like some of our family time to be spent out exploring and exploring the countryside on…
Short haul and long haul flights with kids especially if it’s your first journey as a family or the first time you are taking a long haul trip can be filled with questions. I’ve flown hundreds of times and yet going to Greece for our first family vacation with a 14-month-old J and pregnant with…
So I’ll let you in on an a secret that we haven’t told the kids, we’re off to Disney World in the Summer for our family vacation and Cerys and I can’t wait. We’ve been before as teens and as adults but have never seen the magic of the world through the eyes of a young…
Vacationing with kids especially young kids abroad can be tricky if you are lucky then you have kids that adapt easily to what ever life throws at them, eat anything that they encounter and can adjust to fit other people’s routines. We’re not lucky like that at all in fact both J and T don’t…