Two Hours Too Late

Nappy brain. Seriously it reached new heights on Saturday when I dragged my little brood into the middle of central London with promises of Hornbys Olympic Tea and Toy party at the fabulous Hamleys,' only to rock up two hours too late. We managed to arrive right about the time it finished having misread the start time on the email. I was so embarrassed but as we were there we politely accepted our goody bags and made our way up to the forth floor. Although disappointed we missed the party William was luckily too young to understand and he was overwhelmed with excitement at the chance to see the fantastic train set and play scalextric with his daddy.

As an official London 2012 product licencee, Hornby showcased the range and we were really impressed.  Click here to have a look for yourselves.  We loved the London 2012 train as does Wenlock the official 2012 mascot.

On our way out we managed to sneak a quick photo with the guy himself and as you can tell by William's face he was very concerned that he only had one eye!

Next week we're off to see In The Night Garden Live so lets hope I get us there at the right time or we'll all be in a right Iggle Piggle

Donna...x

Congratulations Ma'am

If there is one thing us Brits are good at it's a jolly good knees up. The extended bank holiday weekend united the country to celebrate the Queens' Diamond Jubilee and royalist or not there is no denying when it comes to pomp and ceremony we win gold every time. From the 1000 boat Floatilla and Diamond Jubilee concert live from Buckingham palace to the thousands of street parties throughout every town and village in the country.

 We were delighted to receive complimentary tickets to Sainsburys Jubilee Family Festival. Although suffering with coughs and colds, we resisted the temptation to stay home and instead packed my ever faithful Pink Lining Mummy Bag to the brim with our essentials and headed to Hyde park.  The festival catered for all ages and offered an array of family fun.  There was a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and jam packed schedule of entertainment.  For us the highlight of our day had to be the Butlins performance of Thomas the Tank engine.  William could hardly contain his excitement at seeing the "real" Thomas. We enjoyed it so much we're now considering a Butlins' break.   Thank you Sainsburys for a great day out.

On Sunday we attempted to make our way into central London to watch the floatilla but unfortunately fell at the first hurdle.  When the platform began rapidly filling with an excited crowd and sea of union jacks it became quickly apparent that there was not going to be room for the four of us and our overflowing bugaboo.  We refunded our tickets and ran home in the pouring rain.  Instead we watched it from the comfort of our house with a bottle of bubbles.  Not quite the same but not sure the children would've enjoyed being soaking wet and cold so it probably worked out for the best.  

Overall we had a really good weekend and was reminded why we're incredibly proud to be British

Hope you all had a good weekend too

Donna..x