The Gruffalo's Child

Kit is Gruffalo-mad and we went to see The Gruffalo at the beginning of the year, we were so impressed that when I saw that The Gruffalo's Child was on in Bromley I had to get tickets, so that was my birthday treat. Kit really loved it, and so did we. Tall Tales really know how to put on a great show for kids and their parents, we can't recommend it enough. Bromley was one of the early venues so we recommend that if they are showing near you to go along the schedule can be found here.

We prepared for going to see them by dressing in every item of Gruffalo attire Kit could find, and making masks from The Gruffalo website.

Disclosure: We just really love the Gruffalo, we don't need any incentive to promote it.

Booth Museum of Natural History

 
A much more managable in one visit museum than our usual haunt of the Natural History Museum in London, we checked out the Booth Museum in Hove when we were visiting my parents recently. I remember going as a child, but couldn't remember much about it - I don't think I was taken with taxidermy enough to want to go when I was older. I was keen to take Kit though because he isn't quite at a stage where he doesn't scare wildlife off by shouting at it, or running up to it, so really stuffed wildlife is the only way he can see things for more than a few seconds (unless the live animals are tame and used to boisterous pre-schoolers). We chose the wrong time to go, because we went swimming and had lunch before and Kit was hyper trying to keep himself awake. He just ran most of the time, barely looking at the animals but was impressed by what he did look at. I am definitely going to take him back because he is really into birds at the moment and they had lots of birds which he might be able to see better than the ones he is scaring off in the wild.

Happy Mother's Day from Gingerbread

 I hope all the mums out there are having a fantastic mother's day. I was in receipt of a beautiful card that Kit made at pre-school and we're spending the day with my mum. It's hard to celebrate being a single mum when your little ones are small, but I think all mums are people to be celebrated. Gingerbread have released a video celebrating the skills of single parents as part of their 'Make it Work' campaign. Please take a minute to watch why single parents are an asset to any workforce.