Location: The Scout Hut, St James’ Church Centre, Mere Green. Price: £4.50 per child, each additional sibling £2. None walkers are free. Session Time: 10:30-11:45 on 28th April 2018. Choo Choo – all aboard for some fun and games with trains. Yesterday I took Matilda and Jemima to Track Stars at The Scout Hut in…
Bluebells in Merrions Wood
Location: Merrions Wood, Birmingham Road, Great Barr, Birmingham On Wednesday morning, me and Jemima decided to go on a Bluebell hunt. We ended up walking to our local nature reserve, Merrions Wood. Merrions Wood is around 12 hectares in size and is a haven for a variety of wildlife including; Oak and Beech woodland Grasslands…
Harvest Fields Park
Location: Harvest Fields Park, Harvest Fields Way, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5TJ Harvest Fields is a charitable organisation built and run on the ethos of Christianity. The centre is definitely worth exploring, they have a website online and are also on Facebook too (here are two birds eye photographs taken by a drone. Shared on the…
Supermeal Saturday
Saturdays to me, are best spent with the family in front of some awful Saturday night TV eating a takeaway. And that’s exactly what we did this weekend. A new app has arrived and as it has started in Birmingham, we decided we were going to be giving it a try for our takeaway meal….
This House @ The Rep
Production: This House Theatre: Birmingham Repertory Theatre @therepbirmingham This House is set in Westminster from the general election in February 1974, to the 1979 vote of no confidence in the government of James Callaghan. The show is a fictional account, inspired and based around the turbulent period in British Politics of the precarious Labour Government,…
Gardeners’ World Magazine
Going out can become quite expensive when you have a family, so finding special offers is always a bonus. Last night I discovered that on Tuesday 24th April 2018, the May edition of Gardeners’ World will hit the shelves AND it includes a discount card valid until 12th April 2018. What does the card entail?…
The new term of Sounds Right Phonics
Firstly apologies to my readers, this is a day later than planned. Because I couldn’t resist enjoying a day in the garden on what will probably be the only day of summer in the UK this year. Ha. So, Jemima was a bit gutted over Easter. One of her favourite classes, Sounds Right Phonics, was…
Spinsonic Circus @ Blue Coat School
Class: Spinsonic Circus Family Class Location: Blue Coat School, Somerset Road, Edgbaston, B17 0HR Time: 3pm – 4pm Price: £4.00 per adult, £5.00 for one adult and one child, £2.00 for each additional child, Under 1s Free. On Saturday, we went along to our very first (and definitely not last) Spinsonic Circus Family Class. For…
You’ve Got Dragons @ Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Theatre Production: You’ve Got Dragons, Taking Flight Theatre Venue: Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE On Saturday 14th April 2018 we went to the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton to watch You’ve Got Dragons. The performance is a stage adaptation of Kathryn Caves children’s story book of the same name. The theatre was bright and…
Culture Card
Days Out are so much fun, but as a parent, they can soon mount up financially. Which is why I wanted to let you know all about Culture Cards. So, what is the Culture Card? The Culture Card is a new membership scheme, giving card holders access to discounted entry, exclusive offers and events at…