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Remembering Our Fantastic Firsts With Little Tikes

November 16, 2018November 11, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Disclaimer: We received this item for the purpose of this review. All opinions are our own. As a parent, whether it be your first time or 4th time, you experience firsts with your child all the time and with Erin turning 3 in just under 2 months I have been enjoying looking back at some of the things we have done up until now. We have teamed up with Little Tikes to celebrate #LittleTikesFantasticFirsts and the Fantastic Firsts Toy range so I wanted to share some of these moments that I have experienced as a new and first time Mum. We

Thomas And Friends Alphaphonics Tablet Review

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Disclaimer: We received this item for the purpose of this review. All opinions are our own. Erin, at the moment, is one of those children who wants to learn. In January she will be moving up to the 3+ room at nursery and from then, she will be spending time with the reception class in school and joining in with learning things like phonics. Erin has shown an interest in letters and words for quite a long time now and I want to help encourage her at home. We were kindly sent the Thomas And Friends Alphaphonics Tablet recently and it

Count With Peppa Review

November 12, 2018November 10, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Disclaimer: We received this item for the purpose of this post. All opinions are our own. A couple of months back Erin randomly noticed that we had a piggy bank on one of the shelves in the living room. Since then, she has been really interested in trying to count the coins and trying to understand what money really is. As soon as I saw Count with Peppa I knew that it would be something Erin would not only enjoy playing with but also get a lot of out. Count with Peppa consists of a very brightly coloured figure of Peppa

Little Tikes STEM Jr Wonder Lab Review

November 7, 2018November 4, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Disclaimer: We received this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are our own. Erin is such an inquisitive toddler and she wants to know about everything! I’m always looking for more educational toys for her as sometimes I struggle to know what to do with her to help her learn. As soon as I saw the Little Tikes STEM Jr Wonder Lab advertised on television I knew it was the kind of toy Erin would love. If you didn’t know already, STEM toys encourage learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. With toys like this, one of my

Orchard Toys Jungle Heads & Tails Review

October 23, 2018October 21, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

This year Erin has really gotten into playing games this year and we are lucky to have a nice collection from Orchard Toys already. We recently received the new Jungle Heads & Tails game, which is aimed at children from 18 months to roughly 3 years old. On the day the game arrived, Erin spied it on my desk and wanted to play immediately. Jungle Heads & Tail is a lovely simple game. The box comes with 24 really chunky and colourful cards which show either the head or ‘tail’ part of a jungle animal. You also get a bit

5 Favourite Toys Of A 2 Year Old

October 22, 2018October 18, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Erin will be turning 3 in January which isn’t very far away at all and over the past year the way that she plays has really changed. She seems to have gone from really basic toys to being really imaginative in the blink of an eye so I thought I would write about what some of her favourite toys have been since she turned 2. Peppa Pig Kitchen My Mum got this for Erin from Morrisons I think in the Black Friday sale in 2017 and it ended up being a Christmas present. At the time, it was only £20

BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar Review

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

We are very lucky that we have quite a lot of toys for Erin to play with but she can get bored of them quite quickly. We’re always looking for new and interesting things for her to play with, and also to help her learn. BRIO is one of our favourite brands for toys and we were recently sent the BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar for Erin to try. I have never seen a toy like this before so I was really excited to play with it for the first time with Erin. Before you can starting playing with the BRIO Play &

Paw Patrol Puzzles From Ravensburger

August 30, 2018August 26, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

For as long as I can remember Erin has loved Paw Patrol. It was the first cartoon she ever liked and she still loves it now she’s nearly 3. We’re not quite yet at the stage where Erin wants to play with the expensive figures and sets so we’re always on the look out for something else Paw Patrol themed for her to play with. Ravensburger recently sent us the Paw Patrol 4 x Large Shaped Puzzles in a Box for Erin to try though and here’s what we thought of them! The puzzles come very simply packaged in only a