There was lots of excitement in my house this week as 2 bright blue cards dropped through our letter box! Monzo now has a free Under 16s account where your child gets a debit card and you can set up pocket money and savings pots. The excitement waned a little when I explained there was no money on the cards! My son has been asking for a Go Henry card for ages but I was reluctant to pay the monthly subscription so I was delighted when I spotted Monzo had launched their free ch

My daughter has loved cats for as long as I can remember. Her favourite movie was Aristocats and one of my favourite videos is of her signing Everybody Wants to be a Cat in her toddler voice. For her 10th birthday, she wanted a Cat Cafe birthday party so we set one up at home. Her collection of cat toys provided us with decorations! I found a Ginger Ray party hat garland from Tesco and used it to create party hats for the cats. I bought a set of cat decorations from Amazon,

Bedtimes in our house started to get later and later and we had got into a comfortable routine of watching something on the TV after dinner as we were all tired. Then Craig or I would notice the time and announce it was time to turn the TV off and get ready for bed which was never well received and bedtime began to feel like a chore. I decided to shake up our routine and add the bedtime box. The bedtime box is full of games and activities which we play together before we go u

What you need: Flask Mugs/cups Hot chocolate Spray cream Marshmallows Biscuits This is one of my favourite things when the weather gets colder. I make a flask of hot chocolate and pack it with us when we go out for a walk in the woods or the park. I take a flask with milk in for the children so that theirs is cool enough to drink straight away and ours is still lovely and warm.

We had been looking forward to our February half-term trip, a long weekend at Bluestone in Wales. When Covid cancelled our plans, we decided that if we couldn’t go on holiday, we would bring the holiday to us instead. When we visit Bluestone, we stay a couple of nights at the Premier Inn in Tenby before heading to Bluestone. It makes the trip feel that bit longer and more exciting. So we transformed our house into the “Premier Inn” and turned our bedroom into a family hotel r