This parenting reality has never seemed so strange.
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Friday, 13 July 2012
Abigail Story Buddy competition!
I found another one lurking in my cupboard so I am offering it as a prize !
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ABIGAIL STORY BUDDY™
Meet Abigail, the chatty acrobatic bunny who just can't wait to grow up. Kids will love watching her come to life as you read key words aloud from her books: Her newest book,Abigail and the Fashion Show, comes with an Abigail-sized purse for her to carry. Additional books include Abigail and the Balance Beam (book included), Abigail and the Tea Party and Abigail and the Lost Purse.
A charming book which will delight any little girl or boy. I gave my niece the Jingle the Huskey at Christmas and she thoroughly enjoyed it , she is an advanced reader and she just loved this. Even if you are not an advanced reader then is nothing better that snuggling up with a your child while you read it to them
Each Interactive Story Buddy plush character has a free coordinating app for iPhone and/or iPad that can be downloaded from Apple's App Store. Each app includes games, animation that brings the storybook pictures to life, and the option of recording your own voice or playing a pre-recorded narration:
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| Interactive Abigail Story Buddy Rabbit from Hallmark |
Each Interactive Story Buddy plush character has a free coordinating app for iPhone and/or iPad that can be downloaded from Apple's App Store. Each app includes games, animation that brings the storybook pictures to life, and the option of recording your own voice or playing a pre-recorded narration:
- Download Bigsby’s Best Friend iPad app
- Download Abigail and the Balance Beam iPhone/iPad app
- Download Cooper's Big Bear Hug iPhone/iPad app
- Download Watson and the Case of the Sneaky Stealer iPhone/iPad app
- The Jingle All the Way app has generated more than 200,000 free downloads so far. Apps tracker padgadget.com regularly ranks the Hallmark Story Buddy™ apps among the top 10 downloads across the industry.
Hallmark have very kindly given me one of these to review to give away to you.
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Fashiolista Nelly High Heel Shoes looking good !
Tonight I descended into 'The house of Coco Tang' where I discovered a secret world of cocktails creations and late-night glamour discreetly hidden beneath the cobbled streets of Nottingham. And all within whispering distance of the fashion boutiques of Bridlesmiths gate. A red lantern sits above a slim doorway leading downstairs to a cavern of interlinking rooms inspired by Shanghai opium dens and the American Prohibition secret clubs.
I had thrown my mummy shackles off for a couple of hours and gone to an Fashiolista event that I had won entry to where free Nelly High Heel shoes beckoned. I had been standing in the line with the young , the hip and the trendy feeling my age. But you know what despite watching young ladies defying the laws of gravity in the sort of shoes that Victoria Beckham wears i was pleasantly surprised by the attitude of them. they didn't bat at mascara enhanced eye lash at me. In fact I was here they talking about vintage fashion, school trips to prison of war camps etc so it really does show you should never ever judge a book by its cover.
After a while I was ably rescued by my mate Di Coke and we advanced to the VIP line and we were straight in. Di has also won entry in the club for a pair of some fabulous shoes.
With fashion on a twenty year cycle scary I know the 1990s are now back in fashion! and these shoes are very much to die for with a wide variety of styles.
The high heels come in a variety of style from the Geri Halliwell cool Britannia inspired ones you see above to the glitzy silver sequined shoes to the right. These shoes wouldn't look out of place in a design museum and a pair of red glittery high heel shoes that Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz would have gone wild for!
With the cocktails flowing it was a really fun event...
Scandanavia's number one online fashion retailer is now launching here in the UK and they're doing it in style...
(Disclaimer I have not been asked to write this I won entry into this event and I am just waiting on delivery of my free shoes from the event )
I had thrown my mummy shackles off for a couple of hours and gone to an Fashiolista event that I had won entry to where free Nelly High Heel shoes beckoned. I had been standing in the line with the young , the hip and the trendy feeling my age. But you know what despite watching young ladies defying the laws of gravity in the sort of shoes that Victoria Beckham wears i was pleasantly surprised by the attitude of them. they didn't bat at mascara enhanced eye lash at me. In fact I was here they talking about vintage fashion, school trips to prison of war camps etc so it really does show you should never ever judge a book by its cover.
After a while I was ably rescued by my mate Di Coke and we advanced to the VIP line and we were straight in. Di has also won entry in the club for a pair of some fabulous shoes.
With fashion on a twenty year cycle scary I know the 1990s are now back in fashion! and these shoes are very much to die for with a wide variety of styles.
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| Nelly High Heel shoes. |
The high heels come in a variety of style from the Geri Halliwell cool Britannia inspired ones you see above to the glitzy silver sequined shoes to the right. These shoes wouldn't look out of place in a design museum and a pair of red glittery high heel shoes that Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz would have gone wild for!
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| Ruby Red slipper updated into a Ruby red slinky high heel (back) for that Wizard of Oz magic! |
With the cocktails flowing it was a really fun event...
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| Cherry Bakewell Cocktails. |
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| The aptly named Fabulous shoes from Nelly High heels. |
(Disclaimer I have not been asked to write this I won entry into this event and I am just waiting on delivery of my free shoes from the event )
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Fifty shades of Grey conversation....
It was just another night in the sleepy middle class suburb where I live myself and my friend went to choir after which she decided she needed to buy three cucumbers and some coriander. So as the dutiful friend I went with her normal chit chat ensued until..
" Have you read that book ?" she excitedly enquired ..
"Oh that book, errm No " I replied.
"Why ?" she enquired ?
"Because I don't want to !" I gently retorted.
"It can't be all that bad if it encourages people to read" she whispered as we approached the cucumbers.
"Right ... I'll stick with my Sherlock Holmes , Thanks"
Bemused she purchased the coriander three cucumbers which she had carefully selected for size and firmness.
Unless you have been living on another planet you will not have avoided conversations that involves that book. No it's not Jamie Oliver latest culinary master piece sadly as I would love to get tied up in some cracking recipes. No it's the literary phenomenon that is ' Fifty Shades of Grey' or so I have been told.
Fads come and go but I will sit this one out I think such themes always repeat themselves for the next generation for example 9 1/2 weeks ! No doubt after reading this book it will encourage particularly women to read and have them perhaps reaching for literary classics such as Pride and Predjudice..
" Have you read that book ?" she excitedly enquired ..
"Oh that book, errm No " I replied.
"Why ?" she enquired ?
"Because I don't want to !" I gently retorted.
"It can't be all that bad if it encourages people to read" she whispered as we approached the cucumbers.
"Right ... I'll stick with my Sherlock Holmes , Thanks"
Bemused she purchased the coriander three cucumbers which she had carefully selected for size and firmness.
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| Fifty Shades of Grey it seems cucumber is a favourite ! |
Unless you have been living on another planet you will not have avoided conversations that involves that book. No it's not Jamie Oliver latest culinary master piece sadly as I would love to get tied up in some cracking recipes. No it's the literary phenomenon that is ' Fifty Shades of Grey' or so I have been told.
Fads come and go but I will sit this one out I think such themes always repeat themselves for the next generation for example 9 1/2 weeks ! No doubt after reading this book it will encourage particularly women to read and have them perhaps reaching for literary classics such as Pride and Predjudice..
Monday, 9 July 2012
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