Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Time has passed so quickly and now we are welcoming 2019! This will be a very challenging year ahead as we are buying a new house soon and Mr K will be going to ‘big’ school in September. The year before, we made a big decision to sell our ‘forever home’ to move closer to Mr K’s big school as we wanted the best school for him. It was not an easy decision as it involved tying ourselves to a bigger/longer mortgage and moving away from our nearby friends.
This Christmas, I would like to introduce you to this ultimate gift for car enthusiasts and budding petrol heads! You get to build cool working engines featuring real engine roars with the authentic Haynes Build Your Own Engine sets. The models are the ultimate gifts for dads and petrol heads – ideal for the man who has it all.
To coincide this week with the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final, I am super thrilled to introduce you to this fun fun fun Strictly Come Dancing board game! I am sure you are no strangers to this board game as it has been very well received and rated on many websites and on social media!
Guinness World Record Challenges puts players knowledge about Guinness World Records to the test and challenges opponents to demonstrate some record-breaking skills using everyday household items! Are you brave enough to take up the challenge?
This board game is suitable for aged eight years and above, with two to five players. This game also requires you to provide your own household objects to play, like a smartphone, a 500ml bottle of water, socks, coins, paper clips, 5 pint glasses, A4 paper, teaspoons and a set of cards. Of course, if you are unable to get the items for your game, you can always pass the challenge card and get a new one.
Rescue Runts is a brand new range of plush toys that have just launched in the UK from Bandai, where children can nurture the unloved animals back to good health! There are four breeds of pups to adopt including, Shepard, Husky, Spotty and Spaniel and also a Unicorn. It comes in a lovely presented carrier box with accessories.
Love a massager that travel with you everywhere you go? Then you must give Mynt cordless pillow massager a try! This portable and iF Design award winning massager is a great companion that offers you up to two hours of power so you can unwind anytime, anywhere.
Now let’s skip the squabbling, grab a bucket of popcorn and get ready for the ultimate Halloween which will have the seal of approval from the whole family.
As my children are getting older, they are less and less keen to go Trick or Treating and getting dressed up for the occasion, so staying indoors watching a good film has become a norm. We are very much loving spending time at home to stay warm and cosy too, especially over the weekend! Of course, not forgetting to have plenty of snacks and a takeaway for an extra treat!
With these great titles, this half term and Halloween are sorted! We also like to bake yummy cookies and decorate it with Halloween theme colours! Baking is one of Ms C’s favourite pastimes and it is a great way of spending time together!
The highly anticipated What’s that Smell is a brand new fragrant-guessing party game from WowWee, that opens up a world of interesting whiffs. There are over 50+ smells from sweet to stinky smells for players to guess. This is a party game where a strong sense of smell can make you a winner. The game is for aged 14 and above, to play with two to six players or in teams.
This Sunday 7th October 2018 marks one of the most important days in our lives, for National Grandparents Day. We are celebrating this day with a selection of John Adams’ heritage games such as Rummikub, Triominos and Othello. These classic games are what our parents had played with us when we were younger.
Korean cuisine is becoming quite popular in the West, especially with the influence of K-pop music and melodrama. With the rising popularity of Korean influence, there are a lot of people getting to know Korean cuisine. And I am one of them who is fascinated by their spicy dishes! It is also going to be my next travel destination!
For the start of the new school year, we are giving one of our followers the chance to win this awesome Drumond Park Rapidough! Rapidough is the original game of modelling charades that has recently been thoroughly refreshed to provide many hours of fun with family and friends! This is suitable for ages 8 onwards and for 4 or more players. The more the merrier. This is great to play during an adult party too!
The most anticipated animated family movie of the year, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, is teaming up with Pulsin Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars this summer to give one of my followers the chance to win this amazing Monster Beach bundle.
We are thrilled to be giving away a haul of delicious Pulsin Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars (3 multipack boxes of delicious Strawberry, Orange Choc Chip and Blackcurrant & Apple flavours) and official Hotel Transylvania 3 merchandise including a 3D bat drawstring bag perfect for your swimming costumes and towels, a spook-tacular beach ball and stylish sailor hat – aye aye Captain!
Everyone’s favourite family of superheroes are back with Incredibles 2! Yesterday, we sat and watched The Incredibles in preparation for the new Incredibles 2 Disney Pixar movie launch on 13th July 2018. Our Posh Paws International Jack-Jack plush soft toy joined us too!
This June, The WildLife Trusts challenges everyone to do something wild every day for a month. Nick Baker’s My Living World Nature Study kits is a great way to investigate nature’s creatures up close.
Nick Baker is the vice president for The Wildlife Trusts and he has worked closely with Interplay to create the My Living World sets. They have also teamed up with Surrey Wildlife Trust for the 30 days wild campaign. Why not check out the Nick Baker My Living World range to get closer with nature! They have a selection of kits, such as Ant World, Worm World and Bug Safari. If you don’t like creepy crawlies, then why not try out their pocket microscope to study leaves and natures’ microscopic structures instead! They are available to buy in good retailers and online.
Not long ago, we introduced this ferocious robotic Untamed Raptor Dino that can be wrapped around your fingers or you can hang them anywhere you like! Unleash their ferocious side with a shake or poke, and they’ll roar, hiss, and chomp. Or, tame your beasts by petting their noses, and they’ll hum, coo, and purr. But be warned – these raptors are still no stranger to passing gas!
