Lego 75957, The Night Bus is based on the Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Film, more so over the Book, and contains 3 Mini Figures and 403 pieces. It portrays Harry being collected on the Night bus with the Driver, Conductor and Shrunken Head in tow. This is the second version of the Bus, the last one came out in 2011 and is considerably different to that one.… View Post

Birthday Week chaos

Birthday Week chaos

November is a busy time for us, not only is the end of Halloween that we put a lot of effort into. Not only do we launch Xmas in our house! but it’s all three children’s birthday! but a birthday week With Tigger and Roo only being 3 days (4 years) apart, if provides complications. … View Post

Nespresso – What Xmas gifts are there?

Nespresso – What Xmas gifts are there?

Nespresso is a brand of coffee-based pods, that uses special machines to dispense the coffee, these come in two forms. One is the classic Nespresso Pod and the second is the Vertuo Pods, these are in general designed for larger coffees and have special barcodes on them to determine how to brew them, in the appropriate machine.… View Post

Twycross Zoo – A Dad Review

Twycross Zoo – A Dad Review

Twycross Zoo is a Zoo that focuses on conservation which has a variety of animals indoors and outdoors, and their message carries of conservation follows through the whole place. Its located a the Village of Twycross near Hinkley, Tamworth with Coventry and Birmingham not far.… View Post

Lego 75810 – Stranger Things – The Upside down

Lego 75810 – Stranger Things – The Upside down

Lego 75810 is based on the popular Netflix show Stranger Things, in which it follows the events in the town of Hawkins, and the set shows the iconic scene of the Byers House both from the normal and the upside-down. The Set has a healthy 2287 pieces and 8 mini-figures! alongside the snapshot of their house is the Sheriff’s car.… View Post

Halloween 2019

Halloween 2019

Over the years we haven’t always been big Halloween fans, we haven’t always dressed up, we haven’t always done things like Trick or Treat. Sometimes I’ve been working, or we have been busy, ill or one of the kids have had something on or themselves being ill. I think back and we haven’t always been in that spirit, with Xmas, we are huge fans and go all out, Films, decorations, music, presents generally having fun… View Post

Ask Italian – A Dad’s Dinner Review

Ask Italian – A Dad’s Dinner Review

Ask Italian is British owned style restaurant that focused on “Authentic Sicilian Kitchen” which is also the acronym of the ASK name, it’s part of the group that also owns Zizzi and Pizza Express. Its been around since 2004 but has been bought a couple of times and the companies group expands. The Restaurant we visited was based in Norwich.… View Post

Piglet’s First Day at school

Piglet’s First Day at school

Piglet recently started her first day preschool, at her school that she will be attending next year. So she has the school feeling over a separate Nursery. To get her in to there it’s been a battle, Boo has been battling for a long time, not just like a normal situation where you’re competing to get into a school, but seemingly education the school on this system, what they can do, and how they can do it. It’s a newer school but their attitude is very old school, and being in a newish estate there not use to the size and amount of people they are getting now. They even had an expansion a couple of years ago because of the increment in the housing that surrounds it as well as intake in the school. … View Post

Tefal Cake Factory | Dad Review

Tefal Cake Factory | Dad Review

Recently we purchased the Tefal Cake Factory after seeing this around the internet and used on Chanel 5’s the Gadget show, so we managed to purchase one on Amazon and wanted to try it. As this is an unusual Item but also for many a “why would I get this”, I decided to review to offer my opinion.… View Post