A bloggers dozen

Here comes the latest tagging mission and I have received two tags, the first from Heather who is worried her 35 week pregnancy is going to end in tears after hearing such bad news around her (how I can relate to that!) and secondly the lovely Julie who’s captured my attention telling about her tour of Italy
Both ladies had to ask 12 questions so I have taken 6 questions from each to be fair and here goes…
Heather wants to know
  1. If you could go on holiday anywhere in the world where would it be and why?
I’m presuming I’m child free and therefore can go anywhere and do anything – I really want to trek Macchu Piccu and learn more about the ancient Incas which fascinate me
  1. If you won £45m on the Euro Lottery (like that young couple did the other week), what would you do with the money?
Buy a gorgeous house and decorate/furnish it just as I want, then I’d travel the world taking the girls with us and taking private teachers with us as we go, I’d treat my older kids to houses and buy one for me too in Italy so I can visit them whenever I want and spend long periods out there
  1. Football or rugby? Both, neither I’m not a huge fan but don’t mind them on if OH is watching
  2. If there was a film made about your life, which actor/actress would play you?
Gemma Arterton, she also comes from my area so would know my life well
  1. Do you prefer a wild night out or a quiet night in? Quiet night in
  2. If you could turn back time, what would you do differently?
I wouldn’t have followed my heart to Italy at 19  but concentrated more on studying and getting a good job under my belt.
Julie wants to know
  1. Tell me – in one sentence if you please – your best bit of parenting advice.
Always trust your intuition, your gut instinct
  1. Please recommend a book.
The House of Spirits – Isabel Allende
  1. What makes you laugh -  in a proper real belly-laughing sort of way?
My brothers they never fail to make me laugh
  1. What’s your guilty TV pleasure? X Factor/BGT
  2. What is (in your opinion) the best blog post you have written (please provide a link)?
I have a couple the day I found out I was grandma again, the one about Megan and I’m really pleased that my Minted Lamb with Peas was such a hit as was the 3 minute chocolate pudding
  1. Name a blog  (other than your own) that we all need in our lives.
Her Melness Speaks, Melinda writes so beautifully and articulately that she is a constant inspiration to me. EVERYONE should read her
Now here are my dozen questions
  1. If you could live in any other country where would it be and why?
  2. Which celebrities would you invite to a dinner party and why?
  3. Which book have you read  that touched you most profoundly?
  4. Are you going to have any/any more children?
  5. What’s your All Time Favourite Chocolate recipe?
  6. What scares you most about our world as we live it today?
  7. What would you first visit in your Tardis?
  8. Who would you come dressed up as to my fancy dress party?
  9. Who’s your favourite cartoon character?
  10. What’s your all time favourite meal?
  11. What 3 songs are the soundtrack to your life?
  12. What is your superhuman power?

and now for the tagging

Romanium mum

Feisty Tapas

Wit Wit Woo

Blue Bear Wood

Mummy Alarm

Sarah mum of Three

Cubby Kits – perfect for entertaining the kids

Cubby Kit contentsWe have been so incredibly lucky to have been sent a Cubby Kit. What’s a Cubby Kit? Well it’s a big brown box addressed to the children full of super activities for them to get crafting with.

If you, like me, aren’t the craftiest of mums but like to see your children enjoy making things Cubby Kits are for you. An ingenious scheme whereby you sign up and subscribe to receive an activity box monthly. Your Cubby Kit will arrive with everything you need inside and all you have to do is get crafting!

There are two groups to choose from 3-4 and 5-6 and you can choose to pay £19.99 a month or £199 for 12 months (a saving of £39.89 or 2 months free).

We received ours over half term which was perfect timing only Alice was poorly first and I wanted them both to enjoy it together. Then I was poorly and Bessie finished off our week by going down herself. Great half term! However, yesterday we got the box out and boy did we have fun.

Firstly, a Cubby Kit has more than one activity inside so will keep you going for a while. Our Outer Space Kit has three activities and we chose to start with the 3D Rocket Picture.

You can see from the photo everything is included and has been thoughtfully packaged into separate brown bags to avoid confusion. We had a tub of glue with spatula to apply it, scissors, glitter, pencils, paper, instructions even sticky stars to add to our night sky.

The making of our 3D rocket picture probably took about half an hour in all and of course I was present and helping where I was allowed. I got told off a couple of times for ‘intefering’ ie putting the glue in the right spot and not all over the oilcloth.

We started with colouring in and cutting our Cubby, the friendly blue bear and sticking him in one of the windows

Glueing and sprinkling glitter over the rocket ship was a very favourite task, one I was not allowed to participate in as much as I wanted to

I was allowed to help Bessie finish her cutting out when it all got a bit too much for her, they then stuck on red ribbons which I had twirled with the scissors to make the rockets go faster and I was allowed to help stick the rockets on the night sky. A final touch of more fun glueing and sprinkling glitter and we were done.

Cubby Kit - 3D rocket ships

Our next project is called Mushy Martians, we’re going to cook up some playdough with the ingredients supplied and decorate it to make funny Martians.

Thank you Cubby Kit for sending us a box to trial, we loved it and still have more to do yet!

Italy for a weekend to see my grandson

I’m off to Italy on Saturday, the main reason for my visit is to meet my grandson Evan who was born on 30th January, 5 weeks early but I haven’t been there since Gracey’s Christening in 2010, that’s a long time to wait so naturally as time gets closer I’m thinking of all the [...]

Olympics 2012 – will you be buying a souvenir?

Like it or not this year we are hosting the magnificent Olympic Games 2012 here in London, UK. People will be flocking into our country in their hundreds of thousands all to get a glimpse of some of the best athletes in the world perform on the billion pound tracks and centres popping up [...]

Silent Sunday

Fudgy Bear has a picnic in Foyles

Half term week and you need some interesting things to do with the kids right? So when we were invited to meet Fudgy Bear I got very excited, I mean I LOVE his name and I knew the twins would too.

Fudgy Bear being a kind and considerate soul decided that Westfield, the super [...]

Learn new skills online

Times are hard in the working industry and news reports are depressing; less and less jobs available and more and more people going for the few that are up for grabs.

One thing we’re being told is to work out our transferrable skills or to re-train in an area where we’re more likely to [...]

Celebrities bake for the Ben Kinsella Trust – Foodie Friday – Scones

Lemon Scone with JamDo you worry about the safety on our streets? Do you worry about our young adult children venturing out into the world without our parental protection?

So does Linda Morris who has family connections with Islington, the uber-trendy and thought-to-be-safe area of London where Ben Kinsella was knifed to death aged 16. She contacted celebrities via Twitter and asked if they’d like to donate a baking recipe for a book the proceeds of which would go to the Ben Kinsella Trust and the first to reply was The Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry who agreed to write the foreword and contribute recipes.

Other well-known contributors include Home Secretary Theresa May, Jane Asher, Arlene Philips, Michel Roux Jr, Pearl Lowe, Lynda Bellingham, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton, Gabby Logan, Lorraine Kelly, Edd Kimber and Katie Fforde. Continue reading Celebrities bake for the Ben Kinsella Trust — Foodie Friday — Scones

Clic Sargent #dosomethingyummy Week 3

A couple of weeks ago I told you all about 2 year old Aaron and his American Adventure how he needs a radiotherapy ONLY available in the States if he is to live and I pleaded to any PR out there to donate a prize – which I would review on Mari’s World in return that we could raffle or use in a tombola to raise funds for the family.

Daniel totally blew us away with his enormously generous offer of a 3 night break at a family park situated here in the UK, Trevella Park  in Cornwall or Sand le Mere on the Yorkshire Coast. If you, like many of us, have a tight purse this year it may well be worth considering a Staycation. Apart from being fantastically placed they are very reasonable and offer the whole family an entertaining stay.

Thanks also to @PGUK for sending some lovely supplies down which Clare will be adding to the massive Mummy Pamper prize. x

Nickie at Typecast is holding week 3 of her #dosomethingyummy campaign and so I asked Clare, the lady who does all the organising of our local fund raisers to reply for prompt 2  Tell us why getting together with other parents is important. Here’s her reply :) Continue reading Clic Sargent #dosomethingyummy Week 3

Win a MuTu System 12 week programme and tidy up your Mummy Tummy for good

mutu systemThe lovely Wendy, creator of the MuTu system who has coached my muffin top tummy back to normality and with it help my confidence soar has very kindly put up one 12 week programme for grabs here on Mari’s World. This competition featured on the Davina for Next – The Outcome post but in order to give it a wider audience and the space such an excellent programme deserves I’m giving it a voice of it’s own.

The three people that have already commented will be carried over to this post. Amy, Jenny and Katie Vyktoria

So any mums out there who’ve recently had a baby and want to get trim for the summer or who (like me) had a baby years ago and never got round to doing something about the excess weight can now enter to win this fabulous prize worth £57.00 and get fit in the comfort of your home working around the needs of your children.

So how to win a MuTu System programme? Continue reading Win a MuTu System 12 week programme and tidy up your Mummy Tummy for good

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