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Yorkshire is Great plus Sand le Mere holiday offer

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Being an ex media teacher I am a sucker for a good advert.  I’m off on my hols to Yorkshire and the recent TV ads Have a Brilliant Yorkshire got me even more excited. Maybe it’s because it has chips, snogging and pillow fights in it.

Unfortunately that ad isn’t available to embed, but this one takes my breath away and is worth a click, I think it makes perfect background music to this post:

I’m a Northern lass, I’ll always have an affliltation with Yorkshire.  I was born in Yorkshire, although I’ve never lived there. When I was 18 something pulled me back,  I went to Uni in Hull. I had an awesome time.  More recently I had the most amazing holiday near Malham Tarn with my parents shortly after L was born.  I went camping with my friends from Uni in Scarborough when I was pregnant with G. Last year we took our caravan to North Yorkshire. I love the mix of sea, hills and interesting stuff to do, it makes holidaying with kids so easy.

So when I was asked if we would review a trip to Sand Le Mere holiday village in North Yorkshire, in a holiday home, I said yes please. I reckon their £5 million pound redevelopment with a swimming pool, kids’ club and entertainment is going to make family holidaying in Yorkshire even easier. Plus Mr A has been nostalgic for the holiday park experiences of his childhood. I’ll admit they were never part of my holiday experience growing up, but that’s part of the reason I’m keen to try it.

The new pool design at Sand le Mere Holiday Village

We’re going in August and I will be sharing how we get on.

Special offer

There are money-saving offers available at Sand Le Mere. These include 10% off breaks taken during the school holidays, between 1-9 June, 20 July to 1 September and 26 October to 2 November. To claim the saving, you need to use the offer code EB10 and book on the website www.sand-le-mere.co.uk. I also spotted a 30% discount today on the website, for holidays at other times.

The Have a Great Yorkshire ad, if you want a look, is here

Disclaimer: I will be taking a 4 night break August 2012, in return for sharing and reviewing my experiences at Sand Le Mere.  This post does not constitute a review.

A Whole New Wurld

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Thanks for the lovely comments on Gurls Gurls Gurls, the video of 3yo Mr G saying ‘girls’. It started a whole debate over accents and 3yo pronunciation.  Fellow Nottingham resident Jen from Love Chic Living reckoned it had a Nottingham twang, It’s quite a tricky accent to place Notts, so I take her ‘wurd’ as gospel, even though she doesn’t have the local accent, she’s lived here a little longer than me.  The Boy and Me’s nearly 3 year old says ‘wurld’ too. And Mummy Mummy Mum says her 3 yo daughter says ‘girls’ in an Essex accent in Hampshire, so maybe it’s just a 3 year old thing.

I was reminded of my daughter singing A Whole New World, from Aladdin when she was 3. I dug out the video, she’s not going to thank me for this when she’s older, it’s very funny, but it is very cute. And at age 5 she sings a whole lot better than her mum can, so who knows, maybe they’ll be digging this one out to embarrass her on X factor 2025.

What do/did your kids mispronounce?

Britmums Live Butterflies?

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Blogging conferences, for those who don’t blog, or who haven’t had the pleasure,  are ever so slightly nerve racking.  Suddenly that world in your computer is real and 3 dimensional. You meet people for the first time whilst knowing their life history, but you’re unable to remember their first name. It’s a chance to promote your blog yet if anyone asks you what it’s about or why you started it, you pause like a rabbit in the headlights and say something like ‘Goodness me is that the time?’

If you have even the slightest flutter of Britmums Live Butterflies, don’t fear.  Something rather lovely is planning its first solo flight at Britmums Live this Summer, look!

More on the butterfly project here

Edited by me.

Video Shortlist

Scrapstores…craft that keeps on giving.

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I have made the most amazing craft discovery.  If like me you like you love craft that’s child centred and all about letting their imaginations run totally wild, without costing the earth, then you’re going to love this.

Scrapstores are amazing places across the UK, they take unwanted materials and offcuts from industry for schools, organisations and families to use in craft activities. I’ll put some details about how to find your nearest one below.

At our last visit to Nottingham Contemporary we joined up for the special half price offer of £5 a year, so now for the bargain price of £2 can take home a bag full of scrap materials each visit. We took home a bag filled with: some giant tubes, shiny card, ribbon, foil ribbon, stickers, cardmaking decorations, pink bubble wrap and peach fabric. Here’s what Mr G and I made:

And here is the play that came out of it.  I think this is an awesome outcome out of freeform, unplanned craft activity, easily a morning’s entertainment:

He really enjoyed the film making part too which as a teacher I always found, if children are in the right mood, really give status to their creative endeavours and raise confidence.

So Scrapstores…what an amazing way to recycle whilst cheaply funding and inspiring your children’s creativity.   I can’t wait to visit the actual scrapstore, as it sounds like an Aladdin’s cave of crafty stuff and the stall was just a taster of what’s on offer.

Check the Scrapstore UK website to find your nearest.

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