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It is amazing what you spot when things are new to you, Miss C was on her new scooter and stopped as she thought these snails were brilliant!

Great for any green-fingered dad (or a dad with a garden shed!) National Garden Gift Vouchers make the perfect Father’s Day present. 

They can be redeemed (and bought) at over 2,000 garden centres and gardening outlets around the UK and can also be purchased online at http://www.thevouchergarden.co.uk.  

What makes them ideal for the Dads in your life is that they give your loved ones the freedom to choose the plants, garden accessories and furniture they really want. 

We’ve got a £50 National Garden Gift Voucher up for grabs. 

All you need to do is fill out the Rafflecopter form for your chance to win this fantastic prize

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This weekend has been pretty busy, now the weather has got better we are getting out and about. We all bundled into the car and drove 250 miles up north to Blackpool. We had lots of toilet stops and got to our our final destination 6 hours later. We stayed in South Beach so had a fair walk to the town centre (2.2 miles to be exact!) After walking to town and back we decided that the next day we were going to catch the tram. 

After a great nights sleep from all the fresh air we had a plan of action we wanted to see the circus at the Blackpool tower, go up to the top of the tower an also go to the Sealife centre. After catching the tram we got to the tower and decided to get our tickets for the circus in advance as it was the one thing I really wanted to do. After getting our ticket we decided to go to the Sealife centre and spend the morning there.

MIss E loved the Sealife centre and her favourite bit was the Sharks. Miss C was moaning around the Sealife centre but was very happy that they had a play area at the end. 

We then ventured back to the tower to get a seat at the circus. Miss C and Miss E got their faces painted and we settled down to watch the famous circus act. It was brilliant, it entertained the girls and us adults too. Our favourite bit was the White Devils when they were really high up and doing amazing acrobatics. We also enjoyed the finale with all the water. Miss C was very confused as to how they managed to get the water into the circus ring.

After the circus we headed up to the top of the tower, after watching a 4D film about the tower we headed up. The girls really enjoyed walking over the glass floor and loved looking out to sea they then wanted to go up the steps to go higher! 

A selection of the photos we took 

The following day the girls decided that they wanted to meet Bob the Builder at Madam Tussards and then go to the beach for donkey rides and ice-cream before heading home.

We had a great weekend to Blackpool and instead of keeping my favourite photos on my computer, I will be framing my holiday photos in some gorgeous frames for everyone to see what great fun we had.

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Regular readers will know that Miss E and Miss C love Peppa Pig. We were asked to review the new personalised Peppa Pig book by Penwizard – Peppa Pig and your child go swimming.

It was Miss E’s turn to have a personalised book so when I was asked to review the book I did it with MIss E’s name.

Navigating the Penwizard site is really easy (I can do it with no help which is unusual) You personalise it by choosing your child’s name, hair colour, eye colour, gender and skin colour. You then put your payment details in and you are finished. The estimated dispatch date is 3 days but each time I have used Penwizard it has taken 48 hours to get to me which I think is brilliant.

Miss E was excited when the book arrived

The quality is really good and the way that they just replace the childs name with on of the characters is really well done as if your child is an avid fan of Peppa Pig they will know the story. Miss E thought it was fantastic that her name was in the story. I would really reccomend the personalised Peppa Pig books from Penwizard.

The kind people from Penwizard have given us 3 copies of Peppa Pig and your child go swimming all you need to do is fill out the rafflecopter form (if it doesn’t come up click the link)

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One lucky reader can win a family ticket ( 2 adults, 2 Children) just fill out the rafflecopter below

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This weekend we have been trying out some yummy treats from Yu! Snacks

Yu! Snacks are a range of healthy snacks which are made from 100% real fruit. I was really interested in trying the Yu! Snacks as Miss E is a sweet and chocolate demon and sometimes I find it quite hard to find something that she likes that is healthy for her.

We were sent a selection of products to try.

Just Fruit Chews these were bite sized pieces of dried fruit which look and taste just like a sweet, but are 100% from fruit. They are one of your 5 a day, less than 90 calories, fat free and no added sugar.

These were Miss E’s favourite she actually thought that they were sweets so I was a happy mummy. I also tried them and was pleasantly surprised how nice they were. Miss C wasn’t so keen( she doesn’t like dried fruit by itself and knew they weren’t sweets.

Yu! Bars (40% fruit) are packed with plump, juicy fruits with feral in a gorgeously healthy yogurt coating.

These were my favourite. I loved the yogurt coating and really liked the chewiness of the bar. These were very moorish and I could have quite happily eaten them in one sitting!

Yogurt Coated Fruit Pieces are tasty fruit bites covered in a creamy yoghurt coating, containing real fruit and real yogurt.

These were Miss C’s favourite, she thought they were covered in white chocolate, so again I was a happy mummy as they were a healthy treat.

I love the packaging of Yu! It’s eye catching. I will be adding these to my shopping basket.

One lucky reader can win 10 Yu! products from the range. All you need to do is fill out the Rafflecopter form.

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The mornings are light, there are eggs in nests, the bluebells and daffodils are out and the air smells of freshly cut grass so that must mean spring has finally sprung! Last week I even had the washing on the line! I’m so glad spring has finally sprung as I can start my Spring Cleaning.

Now the girls are a little older they want to help me clean! Sometimes it can be a help, other times it can be a hinderance and all I want to do is cart them to my mums so that they are out the way. It suddenly got me thinking that maybe I should try and get them more involved in the cleaning. This week Miss C has steamed the kitchen floor with me while MIss E has done the vacuuming. Obviously I was supervising them as i’m not a child labourer but they often want to do it all by themselves as they feel more grown up. 

So I have been looking for ideal products to help with Spring Cleaning this year. 

Top of my list wish list is a Henry Vaccum Cleaning,

The girls would love the Henry as it looks fun and is really easy to use. My mum has one and the girls love chasing her round when she uses it. I also want the Henry as it comes with lots of attachments which would be great for getting those hard to reach places.

Next on my wish list is a  i-Robot Roomba 770 Vacuum Cleaner 

This is on my wish list purely for me, we reviewed a i-Robot last year and fell in love with it. You can just leave it on and come back to a clean floor. Great for putting on when you are on the school run. When I was younger I used to dream about a robot doing my vacuuming and I don’t think you could get closer to a robot than this!

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