We’re ALL About The Dads | LittleStuff Magazine No. 6
Summer’s coming – and so is Father’s Day.In this month’s issue I’ve written a rather personal letter to my husband. He didn’t know – but he read it in the magazine, and nudged me gently in the shoulder by way of thanks, so that’s nice. I’ve also shared a beautiful essay on parenting from Domestic Queen (no, YOU’RE the one with a lump in your throat on your sixth...
Spotted! Origami Green Dinosaur Lamp!
We’re always on the hunt for quirky kids bedroom lighting – and I’ve rather fallen for this fabulous dinosaur lamp! Is it a brachiosaur? Or is it a diplodocus? Tricky to tell. Either way it’s peppermint green, and utterly charming. I’d rather like him plodding gently around my room at night. He stands 22cm tall, and is made not from paper at all, but from a tough polyresin which is much sturdier...
Fabulous Elephant Hobo Bag – perfect casual summer bag and UNDER £7!
Every summer I’m on the hunt for the perfect casual summer bag – the one I can grab for a day at the beach, the park or a daytime explore around a city. Yes it needs to hold my essentials like phone, wallet keys etc, but it needs to be big enough to hold the summer necessities – water, sunglasses, sun cream, notebook, rolled up sun hat. It’s handy if it’s a cross-body style that leaves my hands free...
It’s the SSE Women’s FA Cup! Be sure to watch with your girls. #TogetherWeCan
The #SSEWomensFACup Final kicks off today at 5.30pm! If you’re not going please do tune in live on BBC1 or get involved with the hashtag chat because #TogetherWeCan inspire a generation and grow the profile of the women’s game! I don’t know about you, but until very recently my daughter thought that ‘football was for boys’. Didn’t matter that she loved a kickabout with her brothers, she only ever saw men...
Top tips for teaching your kids to cycle
Sir Chris Hoy and Evans Cycles offer their top tips to teaching your child to ride. Location: While it might be tempting to choose a soft, grassy area for cycling practice, this will actually be more challenging to pedal on. A smooth, tarmac surface that is relatively open and away from traffic is ideal as it helps the child to pick up some rolling momentum and gauge how the bike responds to their body movements. Avoid...
Wicked Tickets – FREE upgrade offer!
QUICK! If you’ve been pondering over tickets for Wicked for a few months, then now’s the time to stop dithering and book it. Because if you book through LOVEtheatre at the moment there is a really great offer running which cuts your costs! When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch, we only ever heard one side of the story. Gregory Maguire’s acclaimed 1995 novel, ‘Wicked: The Life and Times of the...