Mums Diary

Make Your Will Week

mumsdiary — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:59:45 +0000

Next week (27 February to 2 March) is Make Your Will Week and a number of local solicitors are giving their time, free of charge, to write a standard will in return for a donation to Weston Hospicecare. Participating solicitors are Berry, Redmond and Robinson, John Hodge, Powells and Wards. For more information contact:
i Weston Hospicecare, 01934 423 960

WIN – one of 5 day passes to SS Great Britain

mumsdiary — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:36 +0000

Travel back in time when you board Brunel’s SS Great Britain – one of the UK’s favourite visitor attractions.

Admired by Queen Victoria and today loved by visitors of all ages, she is the centrepiece of a stunning, all-weather, multi award-winning attraction – awarded the 2012 Michelin Travel Guide’s top rating.
Explore under water, below the glass ‘sea’. Test your skills with interactive displays. Discover the true story of the Victorian ship and her passengers.
See www.ssgreatbritain.org for events from trails and Victorian food-tasting to re-enactors.

Mum’s Diary has five single-day tickets to the SS Great Britain to give away! The tickets cover adults or children and need to be used by the end of Septermber.

To win one of the five tickets just tell us who designed the SS Great Britain. Email your answers and contact details to info@mumsdiary.co.uk or post a comment below

Photo by Paul Blakemore

Belle’s Beautique – open for business

mumsdiary — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:12:08 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I have always had a passion for making people feel good about themselves. This stemming from years of bad skin, brittle nails and general low self-esteem; comparing myself to others who seem to be unphased by the personal challenges I faced with my appearance and my lack of belief in my inner beauty.

Looking back, my passion grew from the days when I used to paint my sister’s finger nails and providing regular facials for friends and family following a stint to the local pharmacy.

When I finished education, I naturally fell into a world of business and finance and after years of working in an office environment and not really having an identity when it came to my career, I decided to train to become an industry recognised beauty therapist and in July 2010, I qualified with a NVQ Level 2 in Beauty Therapy

Knowing that I wanted to pursue this after the arrival of my son in December 2010, I started providing treatments to friends and family around childcare arrangements and I really enjoyed making a difference to my client’s day.

After facing redundancy from my office job, the opportunity arose for me to open my own beauty room and here we are today… The rest is history!

For more information on treatments, please visit www.belles-beautique.co.uk

A TASTE OF THE GOOD LIFE SENT TO YOUR DOOR

roz-mumsdiary — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:03:05 +0000

A TASTE OF THE GOOD LIFE SENT TO YOUR DOOR
Riverford’s ‘Box to Grow’ will help you grow your own veg, herbs or flowers

Due to it’s popularity last year and an increasing interest in people wanting to grow their own vegetables Riverford is once again offering boxes of organic seedlings to grow – these will be ready for delivery in the next few weeks. A photo attached to illustrate this story.

If you have any questions or require further information please feel free to contact me on 07723 586246.

Aspiring gardeners can grow their own vegetables, herbs and flowers the easy way once more, as vegbox company Riverford Organic’s boxes of organic seedlings return for 2012.

The ‘Box to Grow’ range gives everyone, from gardening novice to seasoned pro, the chance to enjoy their own homegrown food and flowers. The kit includes a box of high quality organic seedling plants, along with a detailed planting guide to get you started. The range features:

Veg box to grow, small £24.95/large £30.95

A mix of seedlings, potted herbs, seeds and potatoes to help you grow your own lettuce, tomatoes, courgettes, carrots, broad beans, coriander and more.

Herb box to grow, £17.95

A mix of potted herbs to perk up your cooking. Includes parsley, thyme, mint, tarragon, sorrel and more.

Flowers, £21.35

A selection of seeds and seedlings to grow your own fresh flowers for cutting. Includes traditional blooms like sunflowers, black-eyed Susan, snapdragons and cornflowers.

Liz McPherson, who delivers Riverford vegboxes to families in the North Somerset, Bath and Wilts areas, said, “Nine out of ten Riverford customers already grow or want to grow their own[1]. It might sound strange for us to encourage customers to grow their own veg rather than buy it from us, but we think that the more people get connected with their food, the better.

“We’ll deliver the boxes in the Easter holidays, so you can have great fun getting your hands muddy with the kids. Even better, if they’ve grown the veg themselves, they’re much more likely to eat it!”

You can order your Box to Grow now, with veg and herb boxes scheduled for delivery from 2nd April and flowers from 4^th June. Find out more and order your box at www.riverford.co.uk. There will also be a second wave of the herb Box to Grow available for delivery during the summer holidays.

Splat Messy Play – New reader review

roz-mumsdiary — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:32:29 +0000

By Laura

My daughter Elisha is now 2 years & 4 months old and has been going to splatmessyplay in the scout hut on Wansborough Road, Worle since it began back in April 2010.

When she first started going to Splat messy play, all she saw was a big room to run around in. She would find an item at one of the stations that was set up in the room, for example she would pick up a plastic spade from the sandbox and run around for the whole hour! But by the third class Elisha was interested in what the other children were doing at the different stations. And each week she would find new and intriguing things to look at, feel or even sit in! Elisha has always been good at socialising with other children as my brother and cousins all have children in the same age group. But for people with children that don’t have friends and family with children, this is a good way to get their child socialising and also teaches them that messy can be fun.

My daughter is eager to get to Splat messy play every week, sometimes practising the splatmessyplay song along the way and doesn’t want to leave when it is time to go. Elisha would happily spend a whole day or go every day of the week to Splat messy play if she could.

Debbie (who runs Splat messy play) is very friendly and helpful. Every week Debbie comes up with different themes and things to do. Which can range from cake decorating, painting with cars/potatoes/hands & feet, arts & crafts, sand box, shaving foam, jelly, custard, angel delight, pasta, popcorn, cooked spaghetti, water, bubbles, to name but a few! Themes have ranged from numbers, cars, colours, halloween, bonfire night, christmas, dinosaurs, valentines day and many more.

Since going to Splat messy play Elisha has learnt to love painting her hands and feet, which might not sound like a good thing but when you want to give gifts with her handprints on it is very useful. Also doing this and the other messy things have taught her not to get upset or worry about getting dirty. She has also become a bit calmer, when we first went she never wanted to be sat still, she always had to be on the move. But now she will sit down at the group when Debbie asks (for sticker and song time) and at home she will sit down to do puzzles etc.

I would recommend this group to anyone in this area with pre-school children as it is fun, messy and educational.

Circus skills at Children’s Centre

mumsdiary — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:54:08 +0000

Circus skills will be on show later this week when members of Paulo’s Circus come along to the For All Healthy Living in Weston-super-Mare to show the children juggling skills.

One of the parents who attends South Weston Children’s Centre used to be in the circus and is keen to share her circus skills. She has invited her friends from Paulo’s Circus to come along and this is a great opportunity to celebrate a local family’s skills and culture and to have fun with the children. There will be many activities for families to take part in alongside the circus run by the children’s centre all focusing on number skills and being active.
Trudi Barnes, co-ordinator from South Weston Children’s Centre, said: “This is a great opportunity to have fun with the children and their families, supporting the children centre in working in partnership with parents. It also helps the work of the centre in promoting exciting ideas for families to support their children’s development in physical activities, encouraging healthy lifestyles and knowledge of numbers.”
Members of the circus will be at the For All Healthy Living Centre on Friday February 17 from 10am to noon

Win Cupcakes

roz-mumsdiary — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03:38 +0000

Subscribe to Mum’s Diary newsletter and be entered into a draw to be in with the chance of winning 12 personalised cupcakes. You will receive a voucher which will be valid for 12 months, so you can have the cupcakes at a special time, a birthday, anniversary or corporate event perhaps. Cupcakes supplied by Crabb Cakes.

Follow this link to subscribe!

http://www.mums-diary.co.uk/e-newsletter-subscribe/

Pipe cleaner snakes

roz-mumsdiary — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:14:28 +0000

You need:

1 pipe cleaner

1 pencil

Red felt or paper

2 googly eyes

Fold over the end of your pipe cleaner and give one twist to secure.

Starting at the other end, wrap the pipe cleaner around a pencil in a fluid motion.

Leaving enough for a small neck, glue on 2 googly eyes and cut a tongue from either red felt or paper.

Enjoy.

By Connies of Weston

Watch me grow chart

roz-mumsdiary — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:05:58 +0000

You need.

Long strip of paper

Decorating things

Blue tac or pins

Take a long strip of paper (twice the height of the eldest child).

decorate with flowers, trees, buttterflies and much more.

Ask mummy to place the bottom on the floor and secure to the wall or door.

Now measure yourself and write the month.

Every month measure and watch yourself grow.

By Connies of Weston

Fairy hat

roz-mumsdiary — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:05 +0000

You need:

12×12 inch card

Stapler

2 pipe cleaners

Decorations and paints

Glue

Hat: Cut a 12inch by 12 inch piece of card in half to create 2 triangles.

Decorate the first triangle, then secure with a staple at a suitable size.

Use left over bows and ribbon on the top.

Wand: Twist 2 pipe cleaners together to provide a stick.

Cut out 2 stars from the other triangle of card left over.

Sandwich the sticks between the stars and glue.

Decorate.

By Connies of Weston