Cravendale Milk is rewarding their fans for drinking more of their good stuffs with visits to zoos to once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Join them today and they will welcome you with a 2 for 1 voucher for a great day out. Collect 3 codes to start your first adventure! Love Cravendale sent us to the ZOO! Dudley Zoo is a zoo with hundreds of animals set around an 11th century castle incorporating the world’s largest single collection of Tecton buildings and the country’s only vintage chairlift – all sited on a 40-acre wooded hillside with a rich geological history.

This morning was such a gorgeous day.  We set off from Lichfield which took us 50 minutes to reach the Zoo. The car park is just next to the Zoo but there is quite a walk if you come late. The fee is £3.50 per day which is quite reasonable.

Did you know that Cravendale is rewarding their fans for drinking more of their good stuffs with bowling to once-in-a-lifetime experiences? Now join them and they will welcome you with a 2 for 1 voucher for a great day out. Start to collect 3 codes for your first adventure!

Last week, we entered the National Sealife Centre Facebook competition and we won family tickets to attend the SpongeBob Squarepants 4-D Premier Event. I was so excited! We were late and missed part of the VIP tour. Luckily, we caught them in time before they shut the main door. We walked around the designated route and saw a lot of different types of sea creatures. It was excellent. Both of my children will amazed by it all. Soon we reached the 4D cinema, and we donned the 3D glasses. The show is about 8 minutes long which I think it is a good length. If it was too long, I tend to get headaches from using the glasses or the children might not able to cope. It was quite a big cinema room with a lot of seating. The seats are big and comfortable. In no time, the show started.

M&M’s world is dedicated to the colourful fun of M&M’s®.  The store measures 35,000 square feet and is spread over four floors. It has an extensive range of M&M’s® chocolates and merchandise, including kitchenware, clothing, bedding, jewellery and glassware. It even has a giant wall of chocolate where you can create your own M&M’s® selection from over 100 choices.

This was our first time visiting the store. Both children were so excited to see so much chocolate around.  It was very clever to put the London Bus in the middle of the store. It looked great!

I love to shop at Tesco because of their Tesco clubcard rewards.  They help me to save a lot of money for activities. A few weeks ago, I exchanged £7.50 of vouchers for £30 Days Out Token.  I received the voucher within a week and it gave me 6 months to use before it expired.  There is free admission for under 4’s at Cadbury World.

One important pre-trip thing I almost forgot to do is phone ahead to book a time slot to ensure that they have tickets available. Luckily, my friend reminded me and I managed to book a 9.50 am slot.

According to my sat nav, it should take only 40 minutes to arrive. What the sat nav didn’t take into account is rush hour traffic! In the end it took us over an hour to get there and I was like an ant in a hot pot! The main car park was full when we got there and we had to park in the overflow car park.  We had not paid for our tickets yet and with the huge queue, to get in, I was already so stressed!

August is not just school holidays for us, it is also the busiest time for birthday parties. I have over 20 friends with birthdays in August! Luckily, we only had two parties to attend.

Today, we went to Ash End House Childrens Farm for I’s 2nd Nursery Rhyme birthday party. We all gathered at the outdoor play area for the meeting point. The weather was gorgeous and the children played happily. Once everyone turned up, the birthday guide who was a lovely young lady, led us to the goat building. She had a quick chat with the children about what to do and what not to do before they got to feed the hungry goats!  The children were so excited as they not only feed the animals, they also get to stroke them.

Yet again another fantastic Summer holiday event organised by the Lichfield District libraries. Today we got to meet at least 10 different types of reptiles, mammals, and insects. The handler was there to explain the history behind the wiggly creatures, their unique way of protecting themselves and how to handle them etc. There was a lot of interaction and the kids were allowed to handle the creatures. Mr K was amused by all of them and he held every single reptile/mammal on show including the snail and cockroach. Ms C was not so keen to hold them. She was quite scared actually. At least she was brave enough to take a closer look at them!