We had a very exciting review item arrive last week; the brand new Paw Patrol Sea Patroller playset. With a house full of Paw Patrol fans I can safely say it went down very well. The Sea Patroller is both a sea and land vehicle, by sliding the bridge over, the wheels drop down making it suitable for any terrain. The sea patroller can hold up to 2 vehicles and comes with Ryder's rescue ATV.

Gracie has always been a fan of superheroes, ever since she was just 2 years old and she managed to catch her first superhero film. Since then, there have been so many more superhero films released and a huge increase in women heroes amongst the males. I love that there are so many kick ass female characters now, showing girls that women are just as capable of saving the world.

We are almost ready for Back to School next month and all of the children are excited to start their new classes. Gracie will be going into Year 2 and the work is going to get even harder. She is such a good kid and loves to learn but she really worries about getting things right and practicing and so I like to make things fun for her. Every year she gets a nice new notebook and stationery for her spellings and story writing (this is one of her new hobbies at the moment and I love to encourage it). Like most kids her age she loves Smiggle. Since we have had one open in our city centre, she is constantly looking in there for new things to spend her pocket money on. You can imagine how happy she was to receive a little Back To School parcel from them recently.

With the whole 'back to school' season creeping up on us, I am always looking for ways to make mornings easier and with all three of my babies going to school from September I will need to make things run like a military operation to get us all up and out on time! With having two girls, one of the things that takes up most of my time is doing their hair in the morning. They both have gorgeous long hair but it is quite fine and knots easily. 

We were recently sent the Wobbly Worm game from Spinmaster to review. The aim of the game is to 'hoop the loopy worm' The game can be played with three different levels of difficulty. The longer you make the worm, the harder it is. Wobbly Worm is 90cm tall at his longest. The game comes with three different coloured sets of hoops, with three in each set of different sizes. 

Last weekend we revisited the RSC Theatre in Stratford- upon- Avon, the place we had had our first date earlier in the year. After watching Antony and Cleopatra back in March, which was absolutely brilliant, we this time went to watch Titus Adronicus.

Gracie, like most young girls, loves Num Noms and she was so excited to be sent some items from the brand new series 4 collection of Num Noms to try out. Along with some of the new series 4 sets, we received a copy of the brand new Num Noms magazine. 

Fidget spinners are the latest big craze amongst children and I have to say my kids were late to join this craze. Mainly because I was a bit worried at the safety of them after seeing a few horror stories on Facebook. This was until Bladez Toyz announced that they were releasing a range of licensed spinners to the market. They are fully safety tested and suitable for children 3+. Zach was very pleased to be told I was finally letting him have a fidget spinner of his own and even more excited to see it was a Hot Wheels design. The girls were just as pleased to see the Barbie designs for them.


The kids have had them a while now and I must say they are so well made. They are really sturdy and despite all the use they get they are still really happy with them and have learned all sorts of cool tricks already. Elsie's hands are a little too small for them (She is very almost 3 but on the small side) so she has found that if she places hers on a flat surface she can spin it just like her brother and sister. The big two have had no trouble at all though, they are perfectly sized for their little hands.

I must say for us parents, they seem like pointless toys but when you sit and watch your children playing nicely together, without arguing and teaching each other the things they have learnt, you realise they are pretty awesome. They have kept the kids entertained on car journeys and school runs which has been great and provided me with lots of peace and quiet so they are a winner for me.

Both the Hot Wheels and Barbie Bladez Spinnerz come in three different colours/designs. They can be collected and stacked on top of one another. They cost £4.99 each and are available to buy at www.bladeztoyz.co.uk.

We have played the game a few times now with a few of their other friends. All of the children have absolutely loved it. I played with them the first few times but we soon found that it is so easy for them to set up and play themselves that they don't particularly need adult supervision, unless someone decides to cheat and they start to argue! The great thing is you can have as many players as you like and no one gets left out which is so important for children's games especially when entertaining other people's children too!

The game is fun and silly and I would definitely recommend it. I used it with a range of children between 2 and 7 and they all enjoyed it and could understand the rules easily. 

Yeti in my Spaghetti is available to buy from Amazon and most good toy retailers.




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