Thunderbirds Are Go! If your boys are into Thunderbirds, then they will love this Alan Tracy costume from Pretend to Bee.  They are a family run business and have been retailing their range of dressing up costumes since 2005!  Looking through their website, I found they have a great range of exciting children’s dress up clothing!  From History costumes to Nativity costumes, Halloween to Christmas and from Dinosaur to Princess.

Are you ready for summer? Time to get your Havaianas flip flops out and go off to the beach!  Have you seen the new range of Havaianas kids’ footwear near you?  Havaianas were created in 1962 and have been bringing Brazilian spirit all around the world through the legendary rubber sole and bright joyful designs. Children will be spoilt for choice with so many prints to choose from including the super sweet Kids Fantasy with jelly bears, the tasty treats of Kids Pop with delicious ice-cream or popcorn designs, the aliens featured on the Kids Radical and the super heroes featured on the Kids Max Heroes.

Last month, we were testing out these Start-rite Warrior shoes and we wanted to see how it fared after a month. Are they standing up to the test by my active soccer mad son and will it keep going into the new school year? Yes, it did and it should!

Nutmeg is Morrisons’ children’s clothing range which are affordable, accessible and filled with thoughtful details from non-slip soles to stop slides and spills, to big chunky zips for little ones to do up themselves.  Each comes with some great little details to make life easier.

This was our first time trying the Nutmeg clothes range and we are impressed with the quality of the clothing and the prices are very reasonable. It is not a huge range of clothing but most of their designs are very fashionable, cute and stylish.

We have received a set of clothing for Ms C and Mr K to try. They both immediately fell in love with the items. The materials are incurably soft to touch and comes with eye catching designs.  The clothing feels true to size and fits both of them well.

Recently, Chatham have unveiled a range of vibrant summer deck shoes for children.  Mr K was fortunate to receive a pair of stylish Henry Kids Deck shoes in navy and yellow to try out.  They are made from premium nubuck leather and featuring a non-slip rubber sole.

Lighthouse is a Belfast-based company that produces a great range of comfortable and durable outdoor wear that are perfect whatever the weather.  Last month, they launched their new website and their Spring Summer 2016 collection.  Have you checked them out yet?

Looking for organic clothing? Look no further! Bored Sport is a North-East based start-up casual sportswear clothing company who specialize in high quality branded products for the modern active lifestyle.

Their manufacturing and production policy adheres to ethical standards and they maintain a high level of quality across the entire range of products. Their clothes ranges from children’s wear to adult clothes. All of their products are made from organic cotton that feel incurably soft and come with eye catching designs.

Last month, I was invited to Vionic Shoe event for a lovely lunch at the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse in Birmingham. This was the first time I’d heard of this shoe brand – Vionic, and they have just been around in the UK for around a year in Shuropody and other shoe retailers. They are a very well established leading global maker of consumer and medical footwear. Now they are branching out to Europe. Their shoe is not only make your feet feel great but the shoes look great too!

Recently, I came across this men’s fashion range of Birthday Gifts Ideas’ vintage clothing which is great if you need to buy a gift to mark a special birthday! Birthday Gifts Ideas have this range of vintage t-shirts that are made from 100% pre-shrunk soft cotton with short sleeve and crew neck t-shirts. They are available in four different sizes: Small (34-36″), Medium (38-40″), Large (42-44″), XL (46-48″), XXL (50-52″). Mr C is generally a medium size and this t-shirt size is true to his size.

We have received six different designs of t-shirts and they have a good quality professional silk screen printed design that gives a smooth, soft and long lasting finish on the front. These items of clothing are suitable for machine wash at 40°C and I have washed them all. It survived the machine wash and tumble dry! They should be tumble dried at a medium heat. The printed designs are still intact with no crack or peel off after washing and wearing it.

As this t-shirt is made from cotton and Mr C finds them very comfortable to wear. The only annoying thing is the labels behind the neck area. I had to cut them all off as it irritates Mr C’s neck. It would be great if the labels were printed instead. Otherwise there is no fault at all. I think these are great products that you can buy it for your male family member or friends as a birthday gift. This is Mr C modelling the clothing. If you are interested in the clothing, simply click the link which will bring you to the seller’s Amazon page. The links are not affiliated.

Mr C wearing large size – 18th Vintage Premium Light Blue http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-18-Slogan-Mens-shirt/dp/B00XWE40OI

Recently, Barbie has collaborated with Mango to launch an elegant collection of chic, pop-art inspired tops. The collection starts from £12.99 and is now available in all Mango Kids stores across Europe.

We have received the Barbie sweatshirt which is in grey colour with evasé design. It has a rounded neck in cable knit, long sleeve with elastic cuffs and embroidered with sequins. The sweatshirt size available from aged 5 to 14.

This is our second year attending the fireworks at Tamworth castle grounds and once again it was a brilliant display. What more could you ask for when the event is free! Last year, we were lucky to not receive a parking fine, so this year, we parked at Ventura carpark and took a 15 minute walk to the location.

It was chilly but not too windy and it had stopped raining! We were all getting warm and cosy with our new Saltrock clothing. Did you know that Saltrock have recently grown, opening a number of new stores around the coastal parts of the UK and are up to lots of exciting new things?

Every October is the International Walk To School month where primary school pupils from across the UK join forces with children in more than 40 countries worldwide to celebrate the benefits of walking to school. Even though we have to drive to another village, I park at the local pub car park and walk to school. Some of the parents do that and we often chat while walking together to school.

As autumn is here and the weather is getting colder, my family were thrilled to try out Hi-Gear jackets from Go Outdoors. These jackets are lightweight and comfortable to wear which will keep you warm at the right temperature. There is no more sweating inside a thick layer of coats. These jackets are just perfect for this weather! Ms C is wearing this cute reversible Hi-Gear Transformer Girl’s insulated jacket and Mr K is wearing this cosy Hi-Gear Transformer Boy’s insulated jacket.

If you were given a choice, who would not want to design your own swimsuit? Both of my children were so excited to get to pick what they wanted for their swimming costumes from Surania website.

This is my first time I’ve come across the concept of design your own swimwear and I think it’s a great idea. It is great to have the opportunity to wear something custom made so that there is less chances for us to be wearing the same swimwear at the swimming pool or beach.

At Surania, you have a wide range of styles to choose from which adapt perfectly to your body, your desires and your tastes. It allowing you to design your own bikini or swimsuit to your tastes and to manufacture the garments to your measurements. You can choose bikini, tankini, beach wear, mens wear and kids wear too!

After we had a few days of nice weather, we thought summer was here to stay for a bit longer but the next moment, it turned cold with heavy rain! I am so glad to have this Trespass waterproof ladies jacket to get me through this horrible weather especially as I had it in time for our outdoor adventure to Conkers. It is a great jacket that keeps me warm and cosy.

This is my first time owning a Trespass jacket and I am already impressed with the materials and workmanship. It looks great even after being machine washed at 30°C. We went to Conkers and it kept me protected from the rain and muddy puddles!