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“Sammy’s Great Escape” – Children’s Movie Review

Last weekend together with my daughters (2 & 7 years old) we went to see screening of children’s movie by nWave Pictures. “Sammy’s Great Escape” is a film by Belgium born Ben Stassen and Vincent Kesteloot and it is based on an original story by Ben Stassen and Domonic Paris. The movie has been released […]

Tried & Tested Products – The Round-up (December 2012)

This month was very busy for me, filled with lots of family time so I haven’t been reviewing as many products as usual but I still managed to try & test couple things… If you are a fan of textured cereals Flahavan’s Irish Coarse Cut Oatmeal (£4.99 / 700g) will be right for you. Unlike […]

The Polar Express – Children’s Christmas Movie Review

The Polar Express movie review.

“Simple Crochet” by Sara Sinaguglia – Book Review

Since I was a child I loved crochet and I tried to learn it from my granny Nina but I have never had in my possession any crochet book for this simple reason that I could not find one that I liked enough to justify spending £10 or £15. “Simple Crochet” by Sara Sinaguglia is […]

“Anisha’s Adventures In Bangladesh” by Moinul Islam – Children’s Book Review

“Anisha’s Adventures In Bangladesh” by Moinul Islam, beautifully illustrated by Calvin Innes and published by My Little Big Town is a book aimed at children 5+. My daugheters who are 2 & 7 and they both enjoyed reading / listening to this story a lot. The older one has quite a few Bangladeshi friends at […]

Scooby-Doo! Big Top – Children’s Movie Review

Scooby Doo! Big Top – children’s movie review.

Tom and Jerry Tricks & Treats – Children’s Cartoon Review

Great Halloween fun for the whole family…

“Madagascar 3 Europe’s Most Wanted” – The Video Game Review

“Madagascar 3 – Europe’s Most Wanted” video game by D3Publisher is based on DreamWorks’ animation at the same title and available for Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation3. We know games based on movies are not always done well, and I was hoping that “Madagascar” would be an exception. In the game players can […]

Tamara Small and The Monsters’ Ball by Giles Paley-Phillips – Children’s Book Review

Review of Tamara Small and The Monsters’ Ball children’s book by Giles Paley-Phillips.

“Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games” – Movie Review

I meant to write about “Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games” DVD for ages now but with the all this “back to school” fever we completely couldn’t find a peaceful moment… until this weekend. It was nice finally to seat down, relax and watch family movie together, especially that kids are still excited about Olympics and Paralympics, they […]

Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes – Game Review

I have to admit, I never really got the Lego franchise. I mean who wants to play a dumbed down version of any game never mind one where the characters can’t speak? Fortunately there is speech in Lego Batman 2 (yay) but it’s not about the speech or not, it’s about how playable the game […]

“The Singing Mermaid” by Julia Donaldson – Children’s Book Review

“The Singing Mermaid” is wonderful, well-written rhyming colourful book that makes kids join in and read along. I wouldn’t expect anything less from Julia Donaldson, creator of so loved “The Gruffalo” and “The Snail and the Whale”, just to mention few. Lydia Monks‘ illustrations are beautiful and lettering on the cover pages very inspiring. After […]

DIY Truffula Fluffy Pom-Pom Trees from The Lorax

After watching very much loved “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” movie last weekend, we could not resist making some themed crafts. And with the pot of grass already on hand (leftover from Easter) we had no other choice but to make truffula trees :) MATERIALS wooden skewers fluffy pom-poms in candy pinks and yellows flower pot […]

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – Movie Review

Last weekend my 6 year old daughter and I we went to Odeon West End to see “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” movie preview. The Lorax is a comedy for children, adaptation of one of Dr. Seuss books written back in 1971 and now animated by Universal Pictures & Illumination Entertainment under direction of Chris Renaud. […]

Warner Bros. Welcomes Bloggers in London

Some time last week I attended Warner Bros. Welcomes Bloggers event in Central London where we were introduced to the newest technologies in sharing, storing and watching movies and at the same time we got a chance to meet up with other bloggers. I do spend quite a lot of time on the computer and […]

“The Goblin and The Girl” by Neil Irani – Children’s Book Review

“The Goblin and the Girl” written by Neil Irani, is another great book we have received to review from Maverick, available also through my Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com stores. First, a little bit about the author – Neil who writes stories for children for over 8 years now. His previous publications were mainly written for boys […]

“Sparkle’s Song” by Samantha Hale – Children’s Book Review

Over the Easter holidays we were enjoying reading some new children’s books from Maverick, one of them was “Sparkle’s Songs” by Samantha Hale, available through their website or from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com stores. “Sparkle’s Song” has adorable, sparkly cover and very original, awesome, textured like old cracked oil paint illustrations by Mariana Ruiz Johnson. The […]

Extremely Smurfy Smurfberry Muffins

Extremely smurfy smurfberry muffins for the Smurf in your life… secret Papa Smurf recipe (!)

Expat Women: Confessions by Andrea Martins & Victoria Hepworth – Book Review

I while ago came across “Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers to You Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad” written by Andrea Martins & Victoria Hepworth and published by Expat Women (available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com). If you are an expat woman many of mentioned problems may not concern you at all but some will and […]

Spice it up! by Levi Roots – Cook Book Review

Couple of days ago my copy of “Spice it up!” by Levi Roots published by Octopus Publishing has arrived (also available on Amazon). It is beautifully published hard cover with clear typography and filled with full size, fresh, vivid photographs that make you want to start cooking Caribbean food straight away. I was nicely surprised […]

The Fearsome Beastie by Giles Paley-Phillips – Children’s Book Review

The Fearsome Beastie book review.

“Five Minute Bread” by Jeff Hertzberg & Zoë François – Book Review

“Five Minute Bread” is an absolutely brilliant book about truly revolutionary bread making method by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François who have had written already before couple of bread books together. The book has been published in UK by Ebury. I’m amazed how fast and easy bread making can be and a little bit angry […]

“Spork” by Kyo Maclear – Children’s Book Review

Couple of weeks ago I’ve been sent “Spork” – children’s book written by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault and published by Kids Can Press. It is an inspiring interracial metaphor about Spork who is half spoon and half fork and who can’t find his place between other utensils in the kitchen because of being […]

“Curly Like Me: How to Grow Your Hair Healthy, Long, and Strong” by Teri LaFlesh – Book Review

I’m a big fan of Teri’s Tightly Curly website for a longer while now. Thanks to her tips I was finally able to manage my daughter’s multiracial and very curly hair without having have to use special products or spending hours on them. I wrote about it previously here. When I heard that she is […]

“One Perfect Ingredient” by Marcus Wareing – Cook Book Review

Recently I was asked to review “Once Perfect Ingredient” by Marcus Wareing. While waiting for the book to arrive I was wondering what I will write and if I will like it? Usually I find cookbooks overly complicated. At first glance, the impressions were good, recipes written very clearly without needless words, fresh photography, and […]

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