On Saturday myself and Fionn took ourselves off from the mayhem and into town for a couple of hours to pick up a few last minute items needed before we head on holidays this weekend.  He was in great form, we had our cafe stop which he relished, but as...

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Last Friday, it rained all day here. I was on my own with the children and by around 4pm we were all going ever so slightly stir crazy, cabin fever had struck. With the weather showing no signs of abating, we set out for Chuckies in the Doughcloyne...

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Best Romcom I've seen in ages. Fabulous fairytale story sent me to fantasy land. Kids enjoyed it too. McDreamy. *SIGH*

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One of the presents that Oscar received for his recent 9th birthday was the Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb LEGO set. Thanks to Auntie Emer, this was perfect as it combined his love of LEGO and the hype of the moment that is Indiana Jones. I love...

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Where to start? We're just back from the weekend away with Saturday and Sunday spent in Legoland Windsor. Despite the really hot weather, the queues, the amount of people there, we all had a brilliant time and really enjoyed it. After two...

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Oscar bought this lego pack for himself last weekend. He recently got back into playing and building with lego and so after much of his imploringwe headed into the Art and Hobby shop in Douglas Court shopping centre last Saturday....

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I love finding something great almost on your doorstep that you've ignored for years. We finally took a trip to the Model Railway village last weekend and it was a resounding success. Kids, young and old will have some fun here. I've lost...

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I bought this Nintendo game a few days ago. I had been interested to see if I could get a Bridge game for the DS and alas this is the one game I'm not too enamoured with. I had to abandon playing it as it was way too simplified in bidding...

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As we were in Cavan visiting Granny for the past few days, we decided to take the opportunity on one of the rainy days to visit Cavan's latest indoor children's activity centre. I headed with the 3 middle children as eldest was ill and...

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Cheap and cheerful felt stick-on DIY picture kit which kids enjoyed

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