Fab Mums

When you ask your husband where your son is, you expect an answer that points out to a place or it should at least involve coordinates of some sort. The alarmed answer/question “Wasn’t he with you?” just doesn’t cut it. It happened to us one afternoon in July on a busy beach 3 years ago [...]

The Science Museum in South Kensington is one of my favourites to visit with kids. I have been taking my son there since he was 2, but now that he has reached the age where he can experience and most importantly understand the interactive exhibits our visits to the museum are much more fun. When [...]

With Halloween approaching yesterday we made some very easy bats decorations. It was a completely recycled craft as we used the tissue paper from shoe boxes. Yes, we went shopping for shoes on Saturday…in fact I was at the check out with the shoes I had selected for my son and the cashier tells me [...]

I love London at this time of the year when the leaves fall and a walk in the park is so amazing especially if the sun is shining. Now that I no longer live in London, everytime I visit I am able to take in all those little things you are too busy to appreciate when you live [...]

I love this funky toy storage in the form of a skip that comes either standard or personalised with the name of the child. The personalised version is great when you have more than one kid sharing a room, so each can have their own toy skip to gather their belongings. Not only the toy [...]

There is no substitute for peer motivation. I have been trying to no avail to get my son to speak English and I know he could if he wanted to because he understands everything perfectly, but he insisted in answering in Italian until a few weeks ago. In the past he only made exceptions if the [...]

The Doll’s House collection at the Museum of Childhood is one of the largest British Collections not in private hands. The earliest houses were built by carpenters who were commissioned to make exact miniatures of existing houses of the time. This is before toy making and these houses were actually built for the lady of [...]