Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
This coming Chinese New Year 2024 is the year of the wood dragon and to celebrate this special occasion, I have received this stunning Dragon Phoenix Kimono Robe from Ulivary Life for review. Little did we know, the history of the kimono dates back to the Japanese Heian period (794 – 1185).
InsideOut drinks are based on plants and berries and are packed with special antioxidants designed to help support a healthy liver. It is a pretox drink before any drinking session. Their drinks are not here to encourage anyone to drink more alcohol. They are more like a healthy hangover remedy drink that contains copious amounts of nutrients to boost your liver and well-being.
Come and meet this big brown lovable dog, Duggee and the Squirrels. This is a British animation show that has been on BBC since 2014. He runs an activity club for pre-schoolers called “The Squirrel Club” that inspires children to take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments.
We have teamed up with Geomag to offer two lucky readers the chance to win one of two Geomag Glitter Panels 35 piece magnetic construction sets worth £26. This glitter set comes with 35 pieces and is made up of 12 magnetic rods, 12 steel spheres, 10 panels and 1 base. It also comes with a small storage box to keep the rods and steel spheres. It is suitable for ages five and above.
Astonish, the British manufacturer of cleaning products, who was established more than 40 years ago, has just had its Oven & Grill Specialist Cleaner & Sponge announced as Household Cleaning Product of the Year 2020! This independent testing with more than 10,000 consumers felt that this product had outperformed all others in the market! We were thrilled to receive these amazing products!
7ate9 is a fast and fun number crunching game that is easy as 1-2-3! This game improving problem-solving, motor skills and eye coordination for children and even adults. This game is suitable for aged eight and above, for two to four players.
Can Rubik’s cube get any more delightful than this 2×2? Many people will know that Rubik’s cube is incredibly addictive and has fascinated fans since it arrived way back in 1980! We have all sorts of Rubik’s cube puzzles and two of my children’s favourite are the original 3×3 and Rubik’s race!
This month, LEGO City and National Geographic Kids have collaborated on a special partnership to inspire children to explore, discover and learn about jungles and the importance of their preservation. From 1st July, there will be videos following National Geographic explorer, Andres Ruzo and his LEGO companions through the Amazon to highlight jungle habitats and the importance of future conservation.
To get our children inspired, we have received this Jungle Mobile Lab set #60160 to get them to learn about life in the jungle and to make the next big discovery themselves! This Mobile Lab features a truck with lab, waterfall and temple with hidden treasure, kayak, Venus flytrap plant, four minifigures, crocodile and spider figures!
Want to win a prize of monthly deliveries of fresh flowers for a year and a £200 Oasis voucher? The lights by TENA Review Hub challenges women to ‘put fresh to the test’ and then leave a product review on their website for a chance to win!
Never tried lights by TENA products before? (Light Liners, Liners, Liners Single Wrap, Long Liners or Ultra Towels). Not to worry! You can get a FREE sample through their website (only available in UK). Please allow 28 days to delivery! Try it and submit your review to enter into the prize draw. Prize draw closes on 14/10/2017. You can find out more over on their Facebook page!
One of Britain’s most talented magicians, Jamie Raven, who wowed audiences and judges alike with his extraordinary magic skills on the 2015 series of Britain’s Got Talent and finished as ‘Top Human’, has teamed up with Paul Lamond Games to develop four incredible Magic Sets.
The four sets, Card Magic, Magic of the Mind, Street Magic and Sleight of Hand, contain all the components required to perform multiple tricks and have been created to encourage budding magicians to learn and perfect their magic skills.
Home improvements can breathe new life into a property and ultimately add more value to your home in the long run. From building a new kitchen to a loft conversion, from changing bathroom to windows, undoubtedly it will give your home a new facelift.
Tips for story writing & drawing plus win a trip to Dubai! Read more about it here!
Last week, we were fortunate to be invited to London by Emirates PR to have a fun-filled day of story writing and drawing with award winning children’s author and illustrator duo, Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve. This event was to introduce to us the new Emirates programme which encourages families to get together and create stories around their own travel adventures!
Did you know that Barclays has been sponsoring the Premier League for 15 years now? They then became title sponsor in 2004 and in doing so, they also made a commitment with the Football Foundation (the largest sports charity in the UK) to set up sports sites for young people. The result of that over the last decade is investment of £40 million in Barclays Spaces for Sports and over 200 sports sites have been set up around the country, largely in deprived inner city areas. All are used for grassroots sports and engage millions of young people.
To celebrate the World Book Day on the 3rd March 2016, Carpetright is releasing a children’s audio book and downloadable PDF form on their site each week in March including the benefits of including bedtime stories in your child’s rountine. They hope by encourage parents to use their free children’s audio books to add more adventure to bedtime, make the bed a fun place to be and also encourage families to read together.
This post is an entry for BritMums #MilkDrinkersMilk Linky Challenge, sponsored by Cravendale.
I recently took up BritMums latest challenge #MilkDrinkersMilk with Cravendale to write about our family’s favourite way to drink Cravendale milk. For us, we use milk in so many different ways, like making a cup of tea or coffee, dunking a favourite biscuit into warm milk, drinking it cold with their favourite chocolate straw, making milkshakes, breads, soups and many more.
