"The duck pond is dry and Bryan wants to know why. It turns out the drain to the pond is blocked, but what can help shift it? It's time to get the big crane out for some heavy lifting. Meanwhile Oscar finds himself is a very strange predicament..." Recently some special mail arrived from the lovely Kiwi Mummy Blogs team. A fabulous new childrens book - 'Ducks to Water' by New Zealand author Brett Avison. It was a wet and miserable day so Sebastian and I immediately snuggled up … [Read more...]
Help! The Wolf is Coming!
Right from a little one I have always loved books and reading. I love curling up with a good book and being transported away with a good novel. As a Mum is warms my heart seeing Sebastian starting to foster that same love of books and reading (although he is yet to actually do this). I love seeing him sitting there either in his room or in the lounge in front of his books picking them up and looking at them one by one, looking at the pictures, taking them it. I love it even more when he then … [Read more...]
Peppa Goes On Holiday
Hands up how many parents out there know the Peppa Pig theme song? Yip, that's me (I'm waving madly). Sebastian has recently joined the multitudes of children world wide who are fans of 'Peppa Pig' and at present loves anything Peppa Pig related from the T.V show, to books, to toys... Mention Peppa Pig and from wherever he is in the room you will instantly hear a little oink, oink coming from him, complete with scrunched up face. So last week when the mail arrived and inside was … [Read more...]
Buzzy Bee Books
New Zealand author Joy Cowley has done it again with a couple of gorgeous Buzzy Bee and Friends board books (the perfect kind for little fingers). Sebastian and I were lucky enough to be sent two of these fabulous books by Kiwi Mummy Blogs to review. Buzzy Bee's Birthday Party - Its Buzzy Bee's birthday and he's having a party! He needs balloons, party hats and jelly. But how many does he need? Help Buzzy Bee count. Buzzy Bee's Food Shapes - Oscar the Ostrich doesn't know his … [Read more...]
The Birthday Monster by Bridget Sherlock
'Birthday boy Peter is enjoying roaring, snarling, snatching and stomping his way through the day when he discovers he has turned into the Birthday Monster! He has big googly eyes, a prickly tail and a snarly snout. How is he going to turn back into the Birthday Boy before it's too late and he becomes a monster forever?' It's no secret that I love books and reading. Whether its a book for myself or a chance to share one of my greatest hobbies with Sebastian, then I am there. We love books … [Read more...]