Look in my Letterbox #40

This week was a lot busier than the past few weeks but I'm still waiting on tons to arrive from December. I think I'm gonna have to start chasing things up.

As ever, I'm linking up with Look in my Letterbox.

Wins:

WOW Toys

I won these in Mummy Constant's advent giveaways. Both kids absolutely love them! They are our first WOW Toys and I didn't realise how good the quality is so I'll definitely be buying more.

Webbox treats

This was a nice little Twitter win and I've given them to Chris's brothers two doggies.

Easylaces

This was another Twitter win which my sister has claimed!

Clover the Lamb

Yep - another Twitter win. He is so cute and E is in love with him. She keeps giving him hugs and kisses.

Lily & Me dress

I won £50 to spend at Lily & Me in Slummy Single Mummy's blog competition. I chose this gorgeous dress!

Reviews:

Dr Seuss book

I've always loved Dr Seuss but the kids have none of the books so I was happy to be offered the chance to review one.

Young at Art ticket

My first ever local event invite! Young at Art at the Belfast Children's Festival is in March and I've been invited along to the press event next week. I'm really excited to meet some other local bloggers and get all the information about the event to share on the blog.

Baker Ross bundle

I love when these big unexpected boxes show up. C knew what it was right away (just from the writing on the box) and he excitedly said, "The man brought me crafts!!" Cute.

Others:

SoPost foundation

SoPost mascara

I love these little SoPost samples. I usually stick to the make up that I know so it's nice to try before I buy!

Did you receive anything nice this week?

Beldray Ironing Board - Review

A few weeks before Christmas, I was offered the chance to try out a new Beldray ironing board. I've heard of the Beldray brand before but never used any of their products. 

My previous ironing boards have always been small, cheapish ones from discount stores so when I opened this up, at 126 x 45 cm, it looked absolutely massive compared to my dinky one. Any ironing board I've used has been pretty standard, the board to iron your clothing on plus a rest for your iron. The Beldray one is so much more. 

The Beldray ironing board comes with a clothes rack underneath. I may be living under a rock, but this is the first ironing board I've seen with one of these on. It makes life so much easier as I can fold up my ironed clothes and keep them underneath until I can put them away or when ironing shirts and blouses, I can hook the hangers on so that they don't get creased.

It also comes with an iron holder and you can change the height to eight different positions, which is great for us as Chris is a little taller than me so he can change it with ease. The board folds away flat too and doesn't take up much space. The cover is removable, machine washable and simple to put back on.

I was happy enough with my previous board as that is all I knew but since giving the Beldray one a try, I will never look back! I never realised how much I needed one. I've gotten used to how much heavier it is compared to my old, tiny one!

The 'Mighty' Ironing Board with Clothes Rack and Iron Holder retails at £59.99 and you can find out more at the Beldray website.

(Disclaimer: I received this item for the purpose of this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.)

We're back!

Hello!
I'm officially back to posting proper posts after the Christmas/New Year holidays and I hope you all had a lovely festive period.

We did our Christmas Eve box which the kids loved, got snuggled up in pjs and went to sleep to wait for Santa to come. Both kids were overjoyed in the morning. They both understood more this year and their happiness was amazing.

I'd been waiting ages to get them in their gorgeous Christmas clothes. It wasn't until Christmas morning that we realised that C looked a little like Doctor Who! I got E's dress and headband made from two Instagram shops and I was over the moon with them. 

E had her first ever Christmas dinner and she absolutely devoured it. I was ill in the run up to Christmas so I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get to visit Santa but my dad says that I'm the only one who'll remember, the kids won't be fussed!

Anywho, as of tomorrow I have lots of lovely review and personal posts coming so please keep reading. It's also my blog's 3 year anniversary on Thursday - how crazy is that!? I can't believe I've kept it up this long.

Look in my Letterbox #39

This week has been absolutely rubbish! I'm waiting on so much arriving but there isn't much sign of anything. I'm hoping it's a backlog with Royal Mail from Christmas/New Year.

Anywho, here's what I received in the post this week and as ever, I'm linking up with Look in my Letterbox:

Wins:

Teething jewellery

I won a voucher to spend at teething jewellery store Mummy and Mee on Instagram. I chose this gorgeous necklace and bracelet set and E has already fallen in love with them. She's constantly chewing on the necklace.

OKIDO magazines

I won 10 issues in the Camp Bestival advent competition. C will absolutely love them and I think they'll keep him entertained for quite a while.

Purchases:

Contour kit

I bought this for my sister's 14th birthday which was on Friday but I stupidly forgot to take a photo of it so you can have a nosey here if you want. She specifically asked for it as I'm rubbish at buying her gifts!

I'm hoping next week's post will be back to their normal, busier form. I know for definite that I have a UPS parcel coming tomorrow so that's exciting. Not sure what it is!

Did you receive anything nice this week?

E at 16 Months

I'm such a bad mummy and forgot to write E's 15 month update last month and now here we are at 16 months! December was such a hectic month so it completely slipped my mind. Now it feels like E has grown up so much since I last wrote about her. 

Firstly, we had steps! She can take steps when I put her on her feet and let her walk to another person but she will not do it of her own accord and would much rather crawl. She seems far too big not to be walking so I hope she does it herself soon. 

Her speech is coming along wonderfully. I remember C didn't speak at all around this age and we worried about him so much. E has picked up on a lot and waves "hiya" but can also say words like juice, help, dude, dolly and probably loads more that I can't remember right now! 

Clothes-wise she has shot from being a baby to a toddler and wears age 18-24 months. She loves her grub and would eat anything that's put in front of her. I hope it keeps up. She has recently mastered using a spoon so eating rice and mashed potatoes with it keeps her entertained as she thinks she's great.

Her little personality is just wonderful and although she hasn't fully mastered speaking in sentences, she is really funny with all her little facial expressions. 

Her favourite things to do are play with any type of doll or figurine and give them kisses and hugs. Shes recently discovered her big brothers Mr Potato Head toy and likes to put the pieces in the holes. 

C is a child who loves to watch TV shows but E is more of a movie lover. I've discovered that she loves all of the Toy Story films but she is obsessed with Frozen. A proper little princess!