Flowers are wonderful and can say more than words sometime. Have you ever wondered the meaning of flowers when choosing them as a gift? What’s your favourite flower?
This flower is called ‘hot lips’ and photographed in Costa Rica by Monica Costa, editor of London Mums magazine
Lovers can offer flowers to each other as a token of their longing, devotion, and love. The language and meaning of…
Last week London Mums founder, Monica Costa, and I headed off to Hyde Park to see what British Military Fitness is all about… The next day I was aching so much I considered walking up stairs a serious challenge.
I, like pretty much everyone else in the UK this summer, have been inspired to get into shape. Did you see those sprinters’ abs? Of course you did. Everybody did. And now…
South Kensington Children Working is a playgroup where your child discovers and creates. We are a once-a-week inclusive group where parent and child discover the pleasure of working with everyday and natural materials based on the observations of Maria Montessori.
In addition, there will be a book corner, opportunity for children to prepare their own healthy fruit snack and a different activity…
Feeling inspired from London 2012? Want to discover your personal best and need a boost of motivation to get in shape? It’s NOT TOO LATE TO join in… the next program starts on Monday 17th September!
Dedicate just six weeks to celeb Personal Trainer Matt Roberts Body Blast program! For just 90 minutes a week with your Personal Trainer, to get fit fast, shed pounds, change your body shape and…
My little girl, Little Snowflake just loves the brand new Blue Nose Tatty Teddy toys. So much so she has decided to draw, paint them and sell them on Ebay to try and collect them all.
Here are some of the Blue Nose Tatty Teddy art videos she has created so far.
PANDA BLUE NOSE
LADYBIRD BLUE NOSE
MILKSHAKE COW BLUE NOSE
PATCH THE DOG BLUE NOSE
LOVE BUG BLUE NOSE
CHASE THE DOG BLUE…
I have just returned from a once in a lifetime trip with my toddler. We went on safari, met moustached mariachis, rode in a hot air balloon and even flew a helicopter. Tired but happy, we are both full of memories that will be with us for a long time. All this was accessible after just a two-hour drive from London: the trip we went on was to Legoland, Windsor.
Like all the best kids’…
The Barbie™ Popstar Academy is taking place next weekend and is in high demand with hundreds of little girls jumping at the chance to sing and dance like Barbie™ in her latest DVD Barbie™ The Princess & the Popstar out on DVD 3rd September 2012, where she fulfils her lifelong dream of becoming a popstar.
Barbie™ The Princess & the Popstar is also available for digital download and via…
Games are fun to play as a family. There are so many literacy games out there that also help children to learn important educational skills.
My Top Literacy Games to have at Home (ages 4-9)
Here are my favourite games which support developing literacy skills; I have divided them into the following areas of development: letters and spelling, vocabulary and explanation skills, storytelling and…
Here is a very interesting report on storytelling compiled by Nancy Kanter, Senior Vice President, Original Programming and General Manager at Disney Junior, Walt Disney’s television channel for pre-schoolers and their families, marking their one year anniversary.
On Disney’s influence on storytelling, Lynn Whitaker of the Department of Theatre,
Film & TV Studies, University of Glasgow…
The school holidays are here and while children are squealing with delight at freedom from school rules, itchy grey uniforms and prescribed bed times, in contrast, many parents are filled with dread. All the balls are thrown in the air with weeks of school holiday time to fill, not to mention the financial pressure that can cause. Sound familiar?
‘I feel really guilty shoving the children…