Pumpkin carving

Harry Potter Themed Hotel

I grew up with the Harry Potter series. I read the books as a child and watched the films as they were released so to hear the news of a Harry Potter themed hotel excites me greatly! 

The hotel is based in London, Victoria and offers Harry Potter themed bedrooms along with a tour of the iconic landmarks featuring in the books and a tour of the warmer bros Harry Potter studio. 

Prices range from £200 - £363 per night for 2 depending on if you want to include the tour etc. 

I still haven't had the chance to go on the studio tour and I definitely want to try and go soon. I think if you are visiting from outside London trying to book the hotel while you are doing the tour would make for a brilliant weekend!

Mia's 23 month update!

I can't believe Mia is nearly 2! These last two years have flown by , when people tell you that when you have children the time flies by it really is the truth!

Mia is wearing 6-12, 9-12 and some 12-18 month clothing. She is obsessed with teddies at the moment. She loves to give them big cuddles and is always walking around with a teddy of some sort. She still loves to have books read to her also. 

She is talking a lot now. No sentences yet but loads of words. Her newest word/phrase is 'of course' she also says 'no' a lot and can now say most farm animals. We are still working on sheep and chicken. 

Mia has got very fussy with food recently. She likes baked beans and shepherds pie but has gone completely off pasta. She also loves cereal, especially bran flakes! 

Sleepy

Sometimes you've had so much fun you just need to sleep, wherever you may be! Haha!

New shoes

I actually got these shoes last Christmas as a present from Adam. They are from Ugg and are lined with sheepskin. 

I got them in a uk size 5.5 even though usually I would buy ugg boots in a size 4.5 these shoes come up really small! 

I liked them because I thought they would be great in winter as they are waterproof and lined with the sheepskin for warmth. They will also look great for work with dresses or trousers. 

Rude People!

I am tired today. Very tired. Mia was up until 3am last night, not teething, scared or in any kind of pain. Just because she had decided she wanted to get up for the day at midnight! 

So when I got on my train this afternoon to make my usual journey to London i lost my cool with the rude businessmen that are often on my train but who usually I would ignore and just stand for 40 minutes. There are disabled seats on my train which are the only seats that with a buggy a parent can sit at. Obviously people in wheelchairs have priority but when there are no disabled people generally people recognise that these seats are for mothers with pushchairs, especially since us mothers always look out for the disabled door so that we have room for the buggy and that we are not in the way of other passengers. See how considerate we are! It then angers me when you have businessmen who sit in said disabled seats therefore we have to cram the buggies into tiny spaces and have the baby screaming because we can't get them out as we are having to stand. Other passengers have on occasion made comments to me before 

'tell them men to move' 'they are so rude!' 

Have none of these men got children and wives? Do they not emphasis with women with babies having to stand with a screaming child for 40 minutes? Who then have the mordacity to stare and tut when the baby is screaming for the whole journey. 

What angers me the most is the train is empty. There are seats throughout the carriage and it would be no trouble for them to move to another seat. But no. They would rather tut and stare at what horrific mothers we are who can't keep their baby from crying! 

Rant over...

  

Autumn is here!

It finally feels like autumn has arrived! So far in October it's been quite warm and not cold enough for autumn clothes but today there's more of a chill in the air and it's beginning to feel more like autumn. We finally got out the coats and boots!