Hide & Seek Scooby Doo – Review

Posted on April 4, 2013 by admin

It’s been a crazy few days following our fun Easter Day. Keeping the kids occupied in the holidays isn’t easy especially with the mixture of age groups.

Thankfully though I was given the opportunity to review the Hide and Seek Scooby Doo from the Scooby Doo collection at Littlewoods.’

This was such a fun toy that actually had us all in giggles. It was fun to hide it and watch the others go seek, even the teenagers played along a little. This was of course after we prised in out of my foster sons arms as he just loved it and loved to cuddle Scooby.

The concept is simple one hides Scooby while the others hold the controller which gives verbal commands about how cold you are to the hiding place or how warm you are.

You do find yourself getting rather excited when it tells you that you hot.

To be honest the minimum age for this toy is from 3 years but I had a 42 year old man who had lots of fun trying to find the best hiding places.

It is a fun toy and its great for getting children (adults) to play together.

* I was given this toy for the purpose of this review by Littlewoods Online a great range of online catalogues

Lego Star Wars – Review

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out film is a great funny film suitable for the ages of 7-11 as it is easy to follow and is fun to watch!

The film as a whole was really good and I enjoyed watching it as I am a huge starwars fan myself.

I lliked how it kept the whole ideas similar as the original star wars films but adding humour and more into it.

I would certainly recommend watching this film as it is fabulous and I feel lots of people would enjoy watching it

Lego Star Wars The Empire Strikes Out
TM & © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd/Lego, The Lego Logo, the Brick and Knob Configurations, the Minifigures are trademarks of The Lego Group. ©2005-2013 The Lego Group. All Rights Reserved.

Is out to buy now.

Eden.

My sister Brodie holding the DVD.

* we received a copy of this DVD to review but all opinions are our own.

I <3 to dance – Shake it up – review

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

Shake It up Chicago is a great TV show, its fun to watch and never gets boring. So when my mom asked if i wanted to review the new cd i got very excited. i think that the new i <3 to dance CD is great.

It is funky like Cece and also cool like Rocky with amazing in between.

There are different sounds like pop and rap.

The cd has many different artists who sing on it Roshon Fegan,Caroline Sunshine, Coco Jones, Olivia Holt, McClain Sisters, Dove Cameron, Young LA ,Selena Gomez, Bridget Mendler, Drew Seeley and TKO and Nevermind.

It has lots of great songs that get you up and jumping about. Literally I started to play the songs and I got up dancing and singing. It is a great CD suitable for any age young or old especially if you are a fan like I am of Shake it up.

It would be a great choice for a gift maybe even for Easter.

My favourite songs are "These Boots are made for walking" and "This is my dance floor."

I <3 to dance - Shake it up is released on March 25th.

You can get it here…..

I really love it and haven’t stop dancing since I received it.

Brodie xx

*** I was given a copy of this cd to review but all opinions are my own.

Hello Half term

Posted on February 18, 2013 by admin

Hello half term

You’ve creeped up on me this time. I’m not prepared at all, I’ve allowed appointments to fall into our fun filled week.

That’s not our way.

We should be invading the park blowing those winter blues well away.

Adventure playground, animal farm and so much more.

I feel guilty but hey ho, two hours out of a whole week isn’t that bad.

So lets get planning.

Fun here we come.

Lets make some memories.

End of an Era

Posted on July 19, 2012 by admin

I watched my daughters school play today, it was based on the Olympics and was really good and very humorous. My husband, I and my mom had a great time.

Yet as I was sitting there watching the stage full of year 6 I was struck by the fact that this week brings an end to an era for us known as primary education.

This week I have watched my last primary school play, will attend my last leavers service and will soon be doing my final school run.

All my babies are actually now fully fledged senior school children. How in the world did that happen?

It only feels like yesterday I was crying on the school playground as I watched my daughter enter the classroom for her first day at school, 7 years on, here I am.

Now I’m going to say this all loosely because as you all know I dream of adoption so if my dreams become reality one day I will be doing this all again, though of course a little different as I will hopefully one day adopt a special needs child.

But I’m regressing again in the here and now this is a big thing for me, no more school runs, no more school playground politics this it.

I will be waving all four off at the door in September.

What shall I do with the time?

Will I use the time saved by not having to do the school run to stay on top of the housework?

Yeah like thats going to happen.

Maybe I will get my paperwork in order and blog posts out on time.

Errrrmmm, we will see.

I haven’t a clue, to be honest the time will probably get lost in the norm.

The real thing I have to get my head around is that my baby is no longer a baby.

She is off to senior school.

Not sure I like the idea of her being in that big place surrounded by those evil beings we call teenagers.

No seriously ,I’m not that worried she has had plenty of practice with her sisters.

Senior school is going to be a great thing for Brodie, her desire to learn is great so hopefully this will encouraged and nurtured.

As for me I will be a brave mommy and wont cry as I stand on that playground for the last time. Wont blubber all the way through the leaving service even when she sings her solo.

I will be a brave mommy who looks forward to the freedom of no school runs and the opportunity to stay in my pjs all morning and catch an extra hour in bed.

Ok maybe thats a big fib, I will be sobbing and refusing to accept my baby is growing up, but isn’t that a mothers right?

Always my baby

Silent Sunday

Posted on July 15, 2012 by admin

Forgotten

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

OH my dear beautiful girl I have forgotten….

What you taught us on those endless hospital nights, when the wards seemed empty and all I could hear was the infernal beeping of those annoying but lifesaving machines and the gentle beating of your precious heart.

I’ve forgotten what I saw in those doctors eyes when the words they spoke were taking away all our tomorrows.

I’ve forgotten

I close my eyes and try to remember, to just hear those sweet infectious giggles once again.

But I’ve forgotten.

Dad and I are tumbling head first into the world of forgetfulness, losing hold of the life that you taught us to live.

Forgetting to search for the gift that each day brings, the moment when that forever memory can be made.

I’ve forgotten

We’ve forgotten

Letting ourselves fall into the endless bog of circumstance and reality.

Forgetting to dance under the rainbows and search for leprechauns with a pots of gold.

Forgotten.

Those days of random dances in the middle of a store because the song we loved was playing over the radio.

To smile at people in the street as you chuckled away from your wheelchair.

To hug each other so tight until we cannot breathe anymore.

We’ve forgotten

When was the last time I laid back and watched the clouds

When was the last time I tickled your sisters until they cried.

My baby, my precious baby, I’ve forgotten.

I’ve let the anger of loss slowly eat away at my heart.

Getting colder and colder until the icicles formed.

Ive forgotten

To let the tears just fall and let the heart wrenching sobs escape my soul.

I need to breathe again

I need to trust again.

But I’ve forgotten

We knew we didn’t have forever but we had today and that was enough, but now yesterday seems so far away and this moment isn’t enough.

I want to dance in the rain again

Catch fairies as they fly through the air

I want to breathe so deep and not feel the ache thats buried there

I haven’t forgotten

How can things be the same?

How can the world keep on turning and why wont it stop and let me off?

The newspapers keep on printing and the radio keeps on playing.

You taught us all so much and in those nine precious years you gave a lifetime full of love.

Joy was a gift that was available to us, all we just had to do was unwrap this present they call life.

Whose knows what tomorrow may bring, I certainly don’t

But I can live for today.

I can tell everyone I meet how special they are

How wonderful it is that I’ve met them

That they are not forgotten

Just by being in your presence people felt love, your smile could make someone’s day.

I want to tell people to embrace the moment, not in a morbid you may die tomorrow way, but in a hey today is so beautiful way.

Our motto for you was Never say never

You defied the odds until our luck ran out

But you are the gift that keeps on giving

You are the heart that now beats in others.

Your love lives on in me, you dad, your sisters and anyone who knew and loved you.

I miss my old life so desperately

But I will not forget what you taught me

Each day is a gift a new beginning

So I’m going to start unwrapping the presents that I’ve been given

Stop wishing the days away

Stop holding on to the past

I’ve not forgotten

How can I forget,

You are right here in my heart reminding me.

In my heart.

I was a brave mommy

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

I kept my promise, I didn’t let the tears fall until the coach turned the corner. I was a brave mommy and she was a brave daughter.

Brave mommy & Daughter

I could only smile sweetly to the other parents as I walked to car, no words would form on my lips.

I know it’s silly, it’s a school trip for goodness sake. A chance for fun laughter and adventure. I hope it’s filled with all of these and so much more and friendships that will bind for a lifetime, but I’m going to miss her like crazy.

She isn’t my baby anymore, at 11 she is nearing those teenage years but like her sisters before her, she will always be my baby, they all are.

Growing up

Yet this sweet one is my last born, no more rocking newborns through the night.

No more sweet toddler kisses.

She is growing up and way to soon for this mommy’s heart.

This school term is her final at primary, September will see her join her big sisters in the world of senior school. She is nervously excited, I am nervously sick.

She is now an ocean away, out of this country out of my reach.

I know it’s only five days, but right now it’s five days to many.

I’ve sat here watching the Disney channel, laughing at Austin and Ally pretending she is on the sofa next to me.

Crazy isn’t it. Sad, well maybe a little.

Her big sisters are offering extra hugs partly to ease my pain and partly due their missing of their little sister.

At times she drives them insane but they are so protective over her. They are missing her dry humour but not her tell tales.

I am fighting not to wish the week away, to enjoy the events I have planned but it’s hard.

I’m a typical mother hen needing her brood around her, I hate it when they go away but still I want them all to experience all the adventures that life has to offer.

So for Brodie I am praying she has an amazing time in France, enjoys the adventure sports and the sunshine but for myself I am praying for a week that flies by. Staying busy and staying occupied and maybe that means more Disney channel.

My Electric Enemy

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin

That’s it I can’t take it any more!

You are relentless

Invading my mind, my sleep, my dreams

Enough is enough

I know you have a job to do but come on!

A girl needs her rest, her peace.

Constantly watching the seconds, haven’t you ever heard of live and let live.

Each morning you are the first thing in my mind.

Its a curse that I hate you but need you.

You blasted thing.

I will name this foe of mine

My enemy

Let me introduce

Mr Alarm clock.

*yes he is a man, how do I know?
He is constantly annoying ha ha

My Alter Ego

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

Besides being a mom to four, a foster carer and of course a blogger, I also run a charity called Livvy’s Smile.

It is a charity we started in our late daughter’s memory. Livvy loved life, she took every day for the gift it was and made the most of it. Seizures, abnormal movements, walking issues,Rett syndrome they didn’t stop her from embracing the fun of each day.

It was these memories of Livvy’s laughter and joy that kept us going, keep us going. Yet we are well aware how hard it is to raise a child with special needs and that sometimes having fun memory making days is out of reach.

So that’s what we decided to do, we wanted to create special events, special days, parties etc for children with special needs and their families. Where all they had to do was turn up and create memories.

At that’s what we have been doing for the last three years (wow has it really been that long?).

We have had donkey parties at the local special needs EST centre.

We have had a Teddy Bear making party.

A fun day at S.N.A.P.S

Clown visits to school

Balloon gifts to children in hospital

and loads more.

Its been a busy three years and we have so much already planned for this year already. Bring it on.

The joy I get from watching families enjoy life is limitless and the feedback we receive makes all the hard work worthwhile.

So visit Livvy’s Smile and take a look for yourself and if you feel like you can support us in any way please free to email me or comment and let me know.