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bakerdays Letterbox Cake Review

Looking to surprise your family or friend with cake? Then check out what bakerdays can offer. They have been in the baked cake business since 2012 and it is completely online. Their speciality letterbox cake has taken the bakerdays team nearly a year to get this concept up and running. However, they don’t just provide personalised letterbox cakes, they also offer photo brownies, photo cupcakes, photo balloons and even wedding cakes! You can personalise them with your own message and upload your own photos to over 2000 of their designs.

bakerdays Letterbox Cake Review

Design Your Own Cards: The Ultimate Guide to Making Customized Cards

There are numerous ways to show your appreciation for someone during the holidays and occasions. Cards are one of those ways, and it’s not just because they’re cheap, but because they can be customized in any way that you see fit! All it takes is a little creativity and a few supplies to make your cards. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about making your cards, including card-making supplies, design ideas, tutorials, and more!

Design Your Own Cards The Ultimate Guide to Making Customized Cards

How To Throw The Best Birthday Party For Your Little One

It can always seem a bit of a stressful event to organise, as the older your child gets the more there is to plan. Especially if they would like to have a party with their friends invited too. You want them to have an enjoyable day but at the same time, it dawns on you that there will be lots to plan. So here are some ideas on what to organise for your little one’s birthday and how to make it as great a day as possible.

How To Throw The Best Birthday Party For Your Little One

The Book of Everyone Review

The Book of Everyone is a personalised book that is designed by super-talented artists, illustrators, photographers and writers.  To mark Mr C’s 40th birthday, I decided to make him The Book of Everyone Milestones edition.  Besides this edition, they also have books for everyone, mum, dad, quickie and romantic.

the book of everyone

Wicked Uncle Gift Website

Do you often run out of ideas or find it hard to buy presents for your children or other people’s children? No worries as Wicked Uncle is brilliant for this and here to help. It is a gift website that stocks interesting and unusual children’s presents. They are essentially a present service for birthdays, Christmas and other occasions.

The website is easy to navigate. You can shop by gender of the child, age or categories. It will show you a range of toys that should suit that child. It allows you to easily find gifts for girls who are science mad or boys who like crafty things, and it allows you to search by areas of interest like creative, outdoorsy things etc.  There is also an option to just search ALL so you can see all the cool items they stock.

As it is Ms C’s birthday in May, I browsed for aged 7 and for girls. It showed me a range of fun and unusual gift ideas for her that I would not have thought of. I am very pleased with the choices. It has loads of games, toys, play kits and puzzles that all offer something a bit different.  This is a fantastic selection of gifts that will stretch the child’s imagination. There are a mix of quality brands like Interplay, Marvin’s Magic, Meccano, etc. and the prices are reasonable.

wicked uncle gift for aged 7

Happy 8th Birthday to Mr K

Mr K is eight year old now! Time passes so quickly. I still remember how difficult he was as a baby. A lot of the sleepless nights were caused by his reflux which thankfully he grew out of.

For his birthday weekend, we went to a golf lesson at our local golf driving range on Saturday. This was Mr K’s second lesson and he is currently obsessed with it. Now his Christmas list is to own a proper set of junior golf clubs. Well, we shall see!

playing golf

FloraQueen International Flower

Need to send flowers to your family or friends overseas? Not sure which website to use? For over 10 years, FloraQueen has overseen delivery of gorgeous flowers to people in over 90 countries around the world with their 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.

Having looked  through their website, their flowers are  very affordable and elegant. Besides ordering flowers for your loved ones, you could also add a box of chocolates , a card, vase, teddy bear, ribbon, flower food and even wine on top of that! I love the convenience of having one site to be able to send flowers internationally, especially as my family and friends are all over the world!

floraqueen flower spring

Birthday Wish List

I can’t believe my daughter is going to be six next month and she has been to writing out a long list for her birthday wish list. If money was not a problem for her, she would probably buy the whole toy shop plus a few pets like dogs, cat and ponies! She is a charming and persistent girl who would trick you to buying her presents. Hence I hardly take them to toy stores and prefer to shop online! Last time, for my birthday outing, I inexplicably bought her a My Little Pony castle and it was not on sale! So I try to shop online for toys as much as possible. I need to try to be more sensible and not be influenced by the children!

Birthday Wish List

Harry Potter Experience with Tiger Feet Party

Planning a party can be so easy when you have everything you need under one roof. Tiger Feet Party have it all offering a one-stop shop without leaving home. If you want a Frozen or Pirate party, simply look under the Disney theme for ideas. The site is sorted by type of party for children or adults, or party by age and it makes shopping so easy. They have decorations, tableware, accessories, balloons, fancy dress costumes, weddings, cake decorating, gifts and personalisation gift.

tiger feet party

They have a live chat option during office hours 9 am to 4.30 pm Monday to Friday if you require help. Or tweet them! I had tweeted them and within minutes they had rearranged a new batch of items to be dispatched. Thanks to their wonderful team who carefully picked and packed my order.

We had been planning to go to Harry Potter Studio for months and finally the day had come! In order to get my children into character, I had purchased two Harry Potter Gryffindor school robes. They have two sizes available, Medium and Large. Both of my children were so excited when they saw the robes! It comes with the Gryffindor logo that is embellished on the robe, making it exactly the same as the one Harry Potter wears as he defeats “he-who-must-not-be-named”! It also comes with a hood.

Harry Potter Studio Privet Drive

Surprise! A Balloon in a Box! Review

Do you have any upcoming events to celebrate?  How do you normally choose and send your gift? There are so many ways of sending your love to your loved one. It can be a present, a phone call or even a balloon in a box.  Not heard of a balloon in a box? Me too! This is quite an unusual way of sending a gift!

A Balloon in a Box

Miioon Ruckjack with Moshi Monster

As winter is approaching it is time to get out your coats. Ms C has outgrown her old white coat and we were very lucky to try a new website Miioon that allows the children to design their own clothes and accessories. Miioon is a co-creation site that is all about getting kids getting creative and designing their own clothes (Ruckjack, T-shirt, Swoopercape, and Pyjamas) selecting their own accessories, with some of their favourite characters – e.g. Moshi Monsters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In October, Miioon are also launching a gift card through Asda which makes it a really easy Christmas gift – particularly for god children, friends’ children, young relatives etc.

Miioon Ruckjack with Moshi Monster

Fisher Price Bubble Guppies coming to play!

Any fans of Bubble Guppies out here? We sure do in this house! Ms C loves bubble guppies especially Molly. For those who don’t know Bubble Guppies, it is shown at 9.30am on Nick Jr. It is an interactive show that teaches kids about a wide range of topics – from dinosaurs to dentists, rock & roll to recycling, and colours to cowboys. Through these topics, kids learn about science, maths, literacy, and much more in this preschool musical comedy set in a vibrant, aquarium-inspired underwater classroom.

Fisher Price Bubble Guppies

My Big Family School Year Diary 2013 – 2014

Both of my children will be at school in September, starting reception and Year 1, and they already have a lot of friend’s/classmate’s birthday parties, activities and there are appointments too.  This Big Family School Year Diary has come just in time!  With only 3 days left until August, it is time to get organised.  This book is dated for 13 months from 1st August 2013 through to the 31st August 2014.

mum's office diary

Happy 5th Birthday to Mr K

Today is my son Mr K’s 5th birthday. Five years ago, I had a show on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th Nov, followed by a strong contraction just after midnight (into Thursday 15th Nov now). Being 40+ weeks pregnant, I was so ready to go into a labour. I had to get to the hospital to have antibiotics as I carried group B streptococcus. I still remember calling the hospital begging them to admit me. They refused and said come back when I had 10 minute contractions. It was another 18 hours before I had 10 minute contractions. We went into the hospital and had two course of antibiotic before I requested my midwife to have my water bag broken. The next 10 minutes was a blur. Suddenly, Mr K’s blood pressure and heart rate dropped. Emergency bells rang and suddenly approximately 10 medical professionals ran in.  Within seconds, Mr K was born. There was a moment of silence followed by the most beautiful sound came. He cried! (Now, this is the most annoying sound from him!)

Happy 5th Birthday to Mr K

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