This week in the Hirst household we have been having a little taste of Easter early by sampling some fantastic Easter eggs to suit all budgets. Obviously, an afternoon tasting chocolate Easter eggs was such a hard task to do but someone has to do it! The kid’s were extremely willing to help me taste Easter eggs and […]
Lifestyle Parenting
Here you will find a number of subjects about our life as parents. You will find posts on where we travel, how we save, and what we love in our hectic family Lifestyle. We are just like most families around the world, always looking for fun activities to do on a budget! but we never compromise on the experience.
Celebrate 150 Years of Beatrix Potter #Beatrix150
To celebrate the Beatrix Potter 150th Anniversary, here at Umeandthekids we are taking part in a very special Easter Blog tour with a host of other lovely bloggers including tomorrow’s host Mary from Over 40 and a Mum to One I am excited to show you the very special Peter Rabbit merchandise that is available […]
Eggciting Easter Gifts for Children
We all know kids and big kid’s enjoy a chocolate Easter Egg or two at Easter. I have found some great alternative Easter gifts to go along side the eggs or just as a stand-alone gift. Here are a few other Easter themed ideas to go along with the chocolate Easter Eggs, I hope it gives […]
Penny Skateboards – You gotta Roll with it!
This week we have been having lots of fun, fitness and fresh air trying out skateboarding thanks to Penny Skateboards. Skateboarding is a brilliant way to spend time with your children and a great way to keep fit. I took the challenge to get my boys off their bums and out in the fresh air getting exercise […]
#SHEHELPED My Mum An Amazing Women in my life
When I was approached by Canesten to talk about a woman in my life who had helped or inspired me for the #SHEHELPED Campaign, I knew straight away the perfect woman as she has done both. The Lady who Inspires Me #SHEHELPED My Mum has devoted her life to bringing up me and my two […]
Revolutionary Baby Sight Tool by Vision Direct
The new Baby Sight Tool by Vision Direct has been designed by their expert optician, the baby sight tool shows how normal eyesight develops over the first year. The first 12 months of a baby’s life is a time of amazing growth and development and the Baby sight tool which you can click on below […]
The Very Best Chelsea Boots 2016
Chelsea Boots are fantastic for any season and in my opinion, look as good with skinny jeans as they do with a floaty dress in spring/summer. The Chelsea boots are found to have the victorian history associated with it. J. Sparkes-Hall, who was the bootmaker of Queen Victoria, is known to have designed and invented […]
21 Amazing Easter Crafts for Kids
Easter Crafts can be a truly wonderful way to get into the spirit of Easter. Your children may well be excited for all of the chocolate Easter eggs they will be able to eat, but why not make it a little more special with these super Easter Crafts for Kids, which will make awesome keepsakes […]
23 Awesome SuperHero Bedroom Ideas
Kids and Adults always have their favourite SuperHeros. We recently redecorated my son’s bedroom with his favourites, however, we had to select what we wanted carefully. So, here are 25 awesome SuperHero Bedroom Ideas including props and SuperHero decor we considered and used to turn his bedroom into a Hero retreat for him. 25 SuperHero […]
Win a fantastic Roald Dahl Box set
To celebrate World Book Day we have a fantastic prize to giveaway courtesy of Cottages.com. A fantastic site that caters for everything you are looking for from a cottage holiday. Take a look at just some of the fantastic places where you can stay that inspired some of the top authors to write some of yours […]