You know that I’m part of the Netflix Stream Team and that I keep you updated on Netflix goings on from time to time. Apart from getting all the gossip on what’s coming up on Netflix which I love, occasionally we get to go to launches, or parties to celebrate…
Usually my Netflix Stream Team posts are all about the kids and what they’re enjoying but this month the adults in this house are eagerly awaiting two series to go live. The first is a Netflix original, Better Call Saul, 10 one-hour episodes which Netflix describe as “drama with comedic elements”.…
With all the madness out of the way it’s TV time, the evenings are dark and the weather is frosty. I’ve let the boys decide their own festive choices on Netflix, here’s what they’ve been enjoying: Happy Holidays from Madagascar (featuring their new favourite King Julien) Image: Netflix Mickey’s…
We recently received a copy of “Oisín’s Brave Adventure” to review, a book that’s made in Ireland and aimed at 3-7 year olds. We’d have reviewed sooner but after one read it went missing and was found following recent excavations under the boys’ bunk bed and enjoyed like long lost…
Exciting news! I have another giveaway on the blog this week, well it IS almost Christmas after all. Netflix will be hosting a premiere & party to launch their new kids’ TV Series “All Hail King Julien” on Sunday, 14 December in Dublin and they’ve offered one lucky Bumbles of Rice…
It’s always easy when someone contacts you to review a product that you have previously bought and loved, and that’s exactly what it was like when Hairy Baby asked if we’d like to try out their Christmas range. We’ve been fans of the Cork based company for years now, pre-kids…
We recently were offered a personalised Christmas book from Digitalscribe.ie for review. I first had to make the difficult decision of which child I would get the book made for. In the end, seeking to get the longest out of it as possible and ignoring how annoyed the boys would be…
I’d heard of the Happy Pear Shop and Café in Greystones, Co. Wicklow long before the book of the same name was published but had never visited so I was very curious to see what all the fuss was about. The Flynn brothers, have been all over the media the…
We were sent a download code for the Gruffalo: Games App to try out a few weeks ago. It’s an IOS app based on the Gruffalo books aimed at 3-7 year olds. I’ll confess upfront, I rarely pay for apps, despite the boys playing games on my phone a…
As a blogger from time to time people contact me to tell me about their new products. This is a great perk, on a crappy day an email asking “Hi, would you like one of these?” is a gamechanger. An email a couple of months ago from Zazzle was the…
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