Blogmas Day Nine

This Christmas is a bit different for us as it is the first Christmas that Freddie has been totally dairy and soya free. So buying traditional chocolate coins and selection boxes has been quite hard!

The first thing we have brought for Freddie is a Moo Free Advent Calendar. 

Moo Free Chocolate is both Dairy and Soya free so this is perfect for Freddie so he is not left out when James has a chocolate calendar to open.

Moo Free chocolate is made in a factory that does NOT manufacture milk chocolate or any other milk, gluten or soya based products. For me this is fantastic as it means Freddie can enjoy chocolate treats over Christmas like James and he won't get a poorly tummy.

The next thing we have bought is also by Moo Free and it's a selection box. James always gets a chocolate selection box for christmas. So when I found a Moo Free one in our local Aldi I was thrilled that Freddie will not be left out this year!

We have also bought him some Moo Free mini chocolate Santas which you can also find in the selection box. 

You can find Moo Free Chocolate in Asda, Holland and Barrett, Sainsburys, Waitrose and many other independent shops around the country!

Blogmas Day eight

Today's post is all about the end of term and what the boys have been up to at school and playgroup and also what is going to be happening in the last couple of weeks of term!

James has been very busy so far this December, He's had his school Christmas fair and preparations are well underway for the Key Stage One Nativity. 

We have also the Project outcome presentation for parents on what the kids have learned this term. Mummy had a really good time at the project outcome as the kids sung a sea shanty which James has been singing for weeks in the house! In fact he has sung it so much that Freddie knows some of it!

When it was the fair day, mummy got to pick James up at half past one so he could enjoy the fair with me and get an early finish from school!!

Freddie again has been doing lots of crafty things at playgroup, The playgroup decorated a community tree at one of the local churches last week that sadly we couldn't go to as it clashed with James school fair and there is a planned visit to Santa in a couple of weeks. Mummy is not sure yet if we are going to go to that as Freddie wasn't too keen on santa when we went to see him a few weeks ago! And finally the last day of term is party day for playgroup where Freddie will be given a time to go in even though it is not one of his normal days! Its strange to think hes only got a couple more weeks of just two sessions a week before he goes 15 hours a week from 7th January!

What Christmas activities have your children been up to at school?

Blogmas Day Seven

Welcome back to Blogmas - a blog post every day in the run up to Christmas! 

Today's post is a christmas gift guide for mums!

Gifts for a Girl

First up we have this gorgeous luxurious faux leather yellow and peach card holder by Alice Scott. This makes a super gift for young ladies and grown up girls (I’m including myself in this category) for Christmas. It features 2 card pockets and a middle slip ideal for receipts and cash.

This would be something that I would love to receive at Christmas as there are days when I am doing the school run with the boys and I don't want to take the changing bag with me, so I have to put my debit card or cash into my pocket. Then I have a bad habit of forgetting to put my card back into my main wallet! This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £9.99

Gifts for a Girl

Next up we have this Handy Pocket Compact Mirror with Style. This is a stylish gift that will help you get prepared for the perfect selfie. As it’s pocket sized, it means you’ll be able to carry it with you at all times!

Again this would be something I would love to find in my Christmas stocking! There are times when you just need to have a mirror on you and then you find you dont have one! This would come in handy not just for mum but also for checking injuries on kids.James had a sore eye the other week and something like this would have helped me to check his eye a lot easier! You can find this on Gifts for a Girl priced at £5.00

Gifts for a Girl

For the mum who likes crafting we have this gorgeous 

Baby Penguins Felt Craft Kit. You can sew together a waddle of 3 cute penguins!

Three fun penguins felt kit, this box has everything you need to create a waddle (the collective noun for penguins on land) of penguins in a child’s bedroom or use as Christmas decorations. For children who are just beginners in sewing, this kit is ideal because it arrives with very clear instructions. A super gift for creative girls who love making beautiful things. I would love to try to make something like this but I think I would probably fail as I literally do not have the patients to sit and do crafting. This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £14.40

Another gift I would love to unwrap this Christmas would be an Ada and Alfred Motherhoodie sweatshirt! I would love to have the storm grey version as I tend to wear mostly dark coloured hoodies as having two boys one being only three I tend to get covered in muck very easily! 

This hoody has some fantastic features such as a kangaroo pouch pocket and hidden earphone cord feed! I know when I get to listen to music the cord from my headphones does tend to get in the way! 

This is priced at £35.00 and is available from Ada and Alfred

So this is just a few things you could get the mum in your life this coming Christmas. 

Blogmas Day Five

Having two boys only three years apart makes Christmas shopping quite difficult! Especially when the youngest has a birthday near Christmas as well! When we have been looking for gifts this year we have also been looking at things the boys can share or that we can get for Freddie and James can play along with him. 

First up we have this awesome power dough set from Canal Toys. This set is a bit like modeling clay but you can make the the creations light up and move thanks to battery power! We were sent the small unicorn set. 

The boys have loved playing with this. James was able to show Freddie what to do and Freddie loved seeing their creation come to life! This set retails at around £13.00 on Amazon and it is for ages three and up! This was a perfect activity for a quite weekend at home in the run up to Christmas. 

Next up we have a lovely floor puzzle from Crocodile Creek. This is the one all about the different seasons, but there are many different ones. While having a look online I found pirates and also unicorns!

 This is something that James would love and that Freddie would grow into as he is only just 3 and is only starting to take a small interest in puzzles. Crocodile Creek products can be bought online from Trotters. 

Prices start at £12.00

Now we have something a bit different - Jofli The Journey of Life Bear. The idea for Jofli came from a 1998 school project for Suzi O'Neill. Jofli was created to encourage families to have adventures and record them in a journal

Both my boys have their special bears or in Freddie's case a cow! CB who is James and Freddie's cow Moo literally go everywhere! 

When we were on holiday both CB and Moo came with us, while CB stayed in the hotel room during the day Freddie literally had Moo attached to the straps on his stroller! 

The idea of the Journal is a brilliant one! I really wish we had thought to write down some of the adventures of CB and Moo from Majorca! These are priced from £30.00 for a mini pack to £50.00 for the double pack. You can also buy extra journals and outfits etc. Jofli is available from jofli.com

**This is a collaborative post**