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...

One of the best beaches in the area. At low tide there are loads of rock pools, rocks and a clean sandy beach which disappears at high tide. Clean clear water but unfortunately no life guard nor toilet facilities.

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...

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....

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...

More beginner friendly than others in area. Big wide gentle practice slope right beside car park. Free if you don't go up in gondalas to upper slopes and restaurant. Button lifts pretty easy for rank beginners and less challenging than chair lifts. I...

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

Big and beautiful, the tractor with trailer and loader that the 2 year old loves.

These are still a very popular bathtime toy in our house after 7 years!

Massive Barbie dollhouse that our 4 year old loves.