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Category Archives: Family Life and Parenting

How to Get Your Children Ready for Their First Flight

Posted on 4th September 20183rd September 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

Your children are now at an age where they will be able to take in and remember a vacation, so, naturally, you want to take them on their very first getaway. You are, however, very apprehensive about how they will take to flying for the first time. This is only natural too, but you should […]

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Project Linus quilt – update so far

Posted on 31st August 20187th September 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

So if you follow our blog, you will know that I am taking part in Project Linus and creating a quilt, with the tween’s help, to be part of a very worthy cause.  My mum taught me how to do some basic quilting when I was a child, and I made quilts for my children […]

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Getting to grips with the Microsoft Surface Pro and Go Imagine

Posted on 30th August 201830th August 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

*This is a collaborative post, but all opinions and images are our own* We are a family who loves technology and using what it has to offer, for learning, for having fun, and also for making life function. Our children have access to some amazing technology that we didn’t have, and the advantages and skills […]

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This drill is the business, and it’s pink

Posted on 30th August 201826th April 2020 by CatsKidsChaos

*We were kindly sent an item to review, but all opinions are my own* In our house, I do a lot of the DIY and fixing things. I also do a lot of small DIY jobs at work, mending broken toys, putting toys together (changing the batteries in toys – with those annoying screws that […]

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Bug bites and itchy stings? Anthisan to the rescue…

Posted on 28th August 201827th January 2021 by CatsKidsChaos

*This is a collaborative post with Anthisan, all opinions are our own* Bug bites and stings have to be one of my most hated things. I have lived in and grown up around the world in all sorts of places, with insects and biting bugs and I have scratched many a bug bite in my […]

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Easy and convenient cycle tracking with The Ava Fertility Tracker

Posted on 24th August 201824th August 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

If you follow us on social media, you will possibly know that we are trying to add a much wanted number 3 to our household. Unfortunately for us, this has proved much harder than we had hoped and I have shared parts of our journey and some of the things we have tried to help […]

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Coding for kids, using technology to be creative with Three…

Posted on 22nd August 201822nd August 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

*this is a collaborative post with Three UK, we were kindly asked to try a class and review it* As a parent, I am always on the look out  for creative activities that my kids can do, that they will enjoy. If those activities are educational then that’s even better.  So when Three UK kindly […]

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After school fashion shopping, tween style…

Posted on 21st August 201821st August 2018 by CatsKidsChaos

There’s a lot of “back to school” talk going on. To be fair, the weeks of the summer holidays are slowly coming to an end and parents up and down the UK are either sending their kids back to school or preparing to (our Scottish cousins are back at school this week) so there is […]

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I don’t want to breathe in other people’s vaping fumes!!

Posted on 17th August 20188th October 2021 by CatsKidsChaos

I strongly believe that vaping is unhealthy and bad for people and that at some point we are going to realise as we did with actual smoking that it’s unhealthy and dangerous. Apparently, even though vaping hasn’t really been around long enough to actually say for sure, it’s considered less harmful than smoking and should […]

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Local hidden gems to explore are the best kind of finds!

Posted on 16th August 201818th May 2020 by CatsKidsChaos

*this piece is written as a collaboration, we were not paid to share, but were treated to a tour of a venue. All opinions are our own* As a mum of two kids, I am always on the look out for places to explore and take the kids to, particularly in the holidays or at […]

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