Thursday 1 March 2012

Win a love2read personalised reading book for your child!

A wonderful gift idea for your special Mummy! 

Last Father's Day I had in my head that I would love to make Daddy a book all about him and Squiggle, that they could share together but I had no idea where to start or how I would get it made and it came to nothing. So I was really excited to learn about love2read  – a wonderful website that helps you create a unique personalised books. They very kindly gave me chance to create my own book to review, I can't wait to see the results. 

I found the site really easy and fun to use. After you choose a book from the range ( I selected 'My Nana'), you then personalise it by adding your own photos using the easy upload tool and choosing some matching words e.g. some of the captions we have gone for are “My nana takes me to the swings”, “My nana loves to sing” and “My nana makes me smile”. It's going to make a wonderful and personal gift for my little girl to give my mum who does so much for us. 


As much as my mum will love the keepsake I know Squiggle will love reading her own story with nana. She loves seeing pictures of herself and I think it's great for her to be able to recall things she has done. This will be a lasting memory for her and Nana to share and keep! 
It's so simple. All you have to do is upload ten suitable photographs of Mum or Granny into a virtual book at www.love2read.co.uk and add some simple text. Your book will be printed and sent to your home address within 10 days. Titles include: My mummy…Our mum… and My granny… 
The books are themed around National Curriculum keywords and are designed to stimulate the child’s interest in books so that they really want to read. No software is needed, the website is easy to use and you can even save your book as you go along if you need to come back to it later.




Now the really exciting part! 


love2read have very kindly offered one of my readers the chance to create their own personalised My mum…love2read book in a fabulous competition.


So here is your chance to give a Mother's Day gift the whole family will treasure forever - and help your child catch the reading bug at the same time. 


Entries are via the very clever Rafflecopter below and each step equals and extra entry, best of luck!
UK only.


The competition closes on Wednesday 7th March, so be quick! This is to give you a chance to get your order in time for Mother's Day, last orders are on the 13th. 
For further information and to see the range of books on offer please visit their website at:  www.love2read.co.uk



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Wednesday 29 February 2012

The Gallery – Friends




I took this photo on my hen do. Only my friends could make a trip on the duck tours the most hilarious outing ever... or maybe it was all that booze we had just drunk... Now I'm just waiting on some of them to hurry up and have babies so we can swap hen dos for play dates! 


This is my entry for the Sticky Fingers Gallery this week. I'm off to check out the other entries, they are always wonderful! 


What was the number 1 hit in the music charts when your baby was born?

I've been tagged! Thanks From Slummy to Yummy Mummy for making me feel loved!

So the rules of this meme are to cast your mind back to the wonderful day our little ones were born and post the number one song and album at the time... no I wasn't listening to the chart show either, I was scaring all the other mums in the hospital with my best screaming, so I had to look it up. As recommended I found out at Every Hit.

I love the results! Squiggle is destined to be 100% pure pop!

Number 1 single was:
"Everybody in Love" by JLS
I had forgotten but we actually used to sing this too her and change the lyrics! "All the mummy's in love, put your hands up" and so on, you get the idea! Silly but a nice memory to have back.

Number 1 album was:
Cheryl Cole
Eek not so sure about this one, doesn't bring back any memories of my daughter, just of Rufus Hound and his excellent 'fight for this love' routine.

What were yours?

I'm tagging these lovely ladies (if your up for it) and anyone else who would like to join in! x



Monday 27 February 2012

The little things: 1

This is mainly for myself, the little things I don't want to forget!
So here are the things that have made me gush with pride this week:

1. She was playing with her alphabet stickers and brought an 'M' sticker to me in the kitchen, stuck it on my leg and said "I've found your letter Mummy mmm mmm mmm mmm mummy."

2. She made up some amazing stories with her own imagination which had us all in fits of laughter.

3. She was very sweet to a little girl in the playground, even after the little girl tipped stones over her head... twice!


And then the not so good...

1. She calle me a bossy boots.

2. She made up a song about Upsy Daisy's poo at the dinner table (although actually pretty funny).

3. She told tales on Daddy (also funny).