5 Dad Hacks That Will Make Your Life Better

There’s nothing quite like having kids. They are awesome and we wouldn’t change them for the world. But we must, as Dads, use a few highly skilled hacks to make fatherhood that little bit more manageable. One. You’ll be washing a lot of clothes, as both parent & child will have poo and snot and dribble …

My Best Recent Bargain

You know by now that we have NowTV. It works for us with its content, it’s contract-free just in case we ever need to cancel things and we have a pass for everything apart from sports. For entertainment, movies & kids, I don’t ever let the pass ‘roll over’ and pay the full price NowTV …

Free Lego Magazine

You don’t get much for free these days and when I discovered this offer for my young son, I jumped straight on it and ordered it. If you have a youngster between the ages of 5-9, you can get a free LEGO Life magazine delivered five times a year. Ours came within a couple of days …

Spend A Penny, For Free!

It’s a nightmare looking for a toilet sometimes. Especially when you have kids and they suddenly announce to you that they need a wee. I hate paying for toilets, so this news was fantastic to read! From 2019, all Network Rail train stations will remove fees to use the loo. *hurrah* I don’t understand why …

Alternatives To Soft Play

There’s nothing quite like the hell that is ‘soft play’ to make a Dad curl up into the foetal position. As we’re midway through the half term holidays, I thought that I would come up with some alternatives to the costly, stinks-of-feet, never-anywhere-to-sit and has cr@p coffee world of the soft play centre. Museums are full …

Feeling The Chill?

Winter is upon us and it’s pretty flippin’ chilly, even indoors. Is just whacking up the heating really the best way to stay warm? Obviously, it will cost you. The more your heating is on, the higher it is set, the more you’re likely to be paying. Put a jumper on. It’s standard stuff really, but …

Christmas Lights

I love Christmas. We live on a main street, near a school and so since we moved we’ve always said we’d try and decorate the outside of the house during the festive season. This would hopefully bring a little joy and excitement to the kids as they leave school in the dark every weekday (sorry …

Dinovember

If you’re looking for an awesome activity to do with your kids, one which is pretty much free, Dinovember starts on Wednesday! If you haven’t heard about it, Dinovember is the month where plastic dinosaurs come alive and create havoc for families all over the globe. It all started with one family and the epidemic …

Car Insurance

There are so many car insurance adverts on our TVs all the time. It’s quite annoying. One which stands out to me is the DirectLine one. Comparison sites aren’t always cheaper! By the way – this post is in no way affiliated or sponsored by DirectLine, I’m just telling the story that I’ve been through.  …

Cheap Cinema Ideas

Going to the cinema to see the new action packed blockbuster or animated adventure is awesome. But it doesn’t have to cost a lot. Cinemas are known for ‘renting seats & selling sugar’ but you don’t have to empty your bank account to enjoy a visit. Here are a few cheap cinema ideas for you… …