POP PARTY 10 ANOTHER HIT IN THIS HOUSE. YOU CAN WIN ONE TOO!!

 

 

I have always loved music from a very early age, I put it down to the fact that my dad used to be in a band with his two brothers in the 60s, so I have grown up with a wide variety of music.

I think this has been transferred to all of my children as they can all be found listening to one type of music or another. Journeys these days are very quiet as five of them have mp3 Players, so all you can see is them moving to their own music!

Every year Xene and Neva have various music CDs on their Christmas Lists, and this year is no exception, so we were delighted to be given the opportunity to review Pop Party 10.

We are certainly Pop Party fans in this household, we have every CD from 1-10...

The main thing that we love about the Pop Party CDs is that they take a wide variety of music from the past few months and each song is known by at least one member of the house.

This album has some very well known artists, including Katie Perry, One Direction and Jessie J, and we will forgive them for including Justin Bieber because we understand that lots of people do actually like him (Not here, but somewhere far far away, I am sure!!)

Listening to the entire CD I was very surprised how many I actually knew, and of course the children knew ALL of them.

The great thing with the Pop Party CDs is the extra disc that is a DVD containing some great music videos, which Eowyn loves to watch and to copy 4 year old style!!

Yet again the Pop Party is a massive hitwith The Morrisons, and with 22 songs to play, I am sure it will never get old.

It also comes with a lyrics card, so we can all sing the correct words and not just make up our own!!

GIVEAWAY.

To be in with a chance of winning your very own copy of Pop Party 10 just comment below with your favourite song of all time and why ?

Mine would have to be Truly, Madly, Deeply by Savage Garden as the words are very poignant and it was the song we had playing during the signing of the register when we got married.

Winner will be chosen using random.org

Closing Date is midnight on 13th November 2012

 

Deluxe Charm Bracelet Toys R Us Review

We were sent this Deluxe Charms set as part of the Toys R Us Toylogist.
All three girls love making things and also wearing jewellery, so were very keen to get started.
On opening the box and reading the instructions, it was evident that the kit was far too difficult for Eowyn, so the age range of 8+ is most definitely correct.

The kit contains 7 blocks of different coloured Polymer Clay, which the girls have now got on their Christmas Lists, as they thoroughly enjoyed making the bracelets, but also using the clay to make various little models.

The beads for the bracelets are fairly simple to make, by rolling a ball of clay, you then use the tool provided and attach two of the studs on either end and push them through, until they meet in the middle, you then scrape away any excess clay and you have made your first bead.

The instruction booklet tells you how to make various types of beads, by rolling different colours together, creating a marble effect, adding glitter or sparkly bits.
When the beads are ready they can be placed in the oven for 30 minutes until they have hardened.

When cool, they can be threaded onto the bracelet, and then placed in a little velvet puch which is supplied and you have your very own, personalised charm bracelet.

This is the girls first attempt, they enjoyed the process immensely and were keen to make more, although this set only comes with two bracelets, so once you have made the two, you would need to find something else to attach your beads to.

The entire kit has a RRP of £19.99 which I feel is quite good value for money as Polymer Clay itself is extremely expensive. In terms of play value, this kept the girls interest for quite a long time and got them making all sorts of little figures, once they had made the bracelets, therefore I would say this is definitely a kit you should consider if you have girls who are creative and enjoy making things, and I would agree with the age range of 8+

Adult Halloween Party anyone ?

Every year Broadland-Great Yarmouth RFC host a Halloween Fancy Dress Party, and this year will be no exception!!

I LOVE dressing up, in fact my Fancy Dress wardrobe is actually bigger than my normal wardrobe, with Halloween, Christmas and Valentines Fancy Dress Parties every year for rugby and the occasional birthday fancy dress parties, we have an abundance of them, ranging from 6 months old to Extra Large Adult sizes...

Last Year I went as a witch, and Asa was a devil

 

This year I shall be a Skeleton and Asa a Zombie American Footballer, I am guessing he will be the warmer of the two!! I am just hoping this rain ceases so that my make up doesn't run...

Each year we try our best to make it look as spooky as we can, this year I have been very fortunate to have been given some decorations to make it look fabulous.

 

 

 

Asda have supplied us with some amazing decorations, including Boris The Butler

and a very eerie looking Crow

We have light up pumpkins, tinsel, Bunting, Spider Room Stickers, lantern Lights and not forgetting

the all important Shot Glasses, oh yes people there will be drinks a plenty!! Being a rugby club there will be lots of silly games and a golf ball shall make an appearance at some point (I have a sneaky plan for that, but I will let you know tomorrow how it goes!! sshh)

 

 

Party Packs also sent us some rather groovy decs



Not forgetting Silly Jokes who sent us a string of glittery light up skulls that are just too cool..

Check back tomorrow to see how it all came together and hear about the Halloween Evening.

 



 

 

 



 

Children's Halloween Party Anyone ?

As you know from my previous post, the kids LOVE trick or treating, but sometimes we also have a little Halloween Party ad invite a few of the childrens friends over, with this in mind I started looking at Hallowwen Party products and was veryn impressed with the things on offer at Asda

For just £5 you can get an instant Party Pack, inclusive of Invites, Cups, Plates,Bowls, Napkins and a really cool tablecloth.

I love this design as it is Halloweeny but not too scary, in fact quite cute.

 
These straws were a huge hit with my children, they love straws anyway and the fact that they have them in spooky halloween colours was just awesome, accoring to 7 year old Kaide!

The Glow in The Dark window stickers have been applied, so check back on the next post for the verdict.






 

Two Very Proud Parents!

This week we had parents evening for Neva and Kaide.

Neva is in year 5, and Kaide in Year 2. This parents evening has been the first one that we have attended as parents of a Year 5 child, because they only closed our local Middle school for children aged 9-13 last year, so until now Year 5 interviews have always taken place at Middle school.

I enjoy parents evenings, or interviews as they are now referred to, because it gives us a chance to get a glimpse of our children's progress and how they behave outside of the home environment.

I have never been a parent that dreads this time and every one we have attended has been excellent, this week's was no exception.

Kaide has made a smooth transition into Year 2, his strongest subject by far is Maths, that he is working way above his age, which we already knew, but it was lovely to hear, at the end of Year one he took the new phonics test that the government has introduced and he did not get a very good mark, therefore he will resit it at the end of year 2, I had expected this to be the case as he has a slight speech problem, although his teacher reassured us that she could understand everything that kaide says, but he just needs to slow down a little!!

His current teacher I have nothing but praise for, she is bubbly and enthusiastic and I know he will thrive in her class, he enjoys school, but enjoys being out on the field at lunchtime playing football even more! My washing machine doesn't as he comes home filthy every day....

Neva's teacher from last year has followed the class into year 5, which I am extremely pleased about, as Neva did exceptionally well last year and she really knows Neva's personality and how to get the best from her.
As they are moving towards the upper end of the school, they have been allowed to take in their own belongings, such as pencil cases and stationery, so that they start to learn to take responsibility for their own things, which Neva has responded to very well.

The level of work that she has outputted in only five weeks was impressive and the levels that her work is achieving is amazing.
Her class is a very noisy and boisterous class, with some real `characters' but this doesn't seem to affect Neva (she is probably used to all the noise at home!)

Both Asa and I came away from the school feeling very proud of our children.

Well Done Neva and Kaide We Love You Very Much xxx