Isn’t it nice when Sunday is sunny? We headed out to Salthill to visit the beach and playpark today. The tide was up quite high but there was a nice strip of sand for the kids to run along. There were so many families and people out running, walking, walking their dogs, [...]

Went back today with the kids to see what Portumna Castle was like. Really enjoyed the visit. The grounds and gardens are lovely and the castle itself is really pretty, kind of like a stylish French mini-chateau. It was only 5.80 for a family ticket, and the kids had a great time [...]

We finally did it, we took the two kids to the cinema together! It feels like a milestone, as we have been waiting so long for youngest to be old enough that we could go as a family rather than one adult taking the older kid. We went to see “Horton Hears a [...]

This is a fantastic forest park! Took the kids plus Grandma there today. Arrived at the car park, 3 year old woke up and had tantrum which turned off like a tap the minute she saw all the pine cones. My pockets were soon full of them, plus a fern, a stone, [...]

Took the kids to see Cinderella, a puppet show at the Town Hall Theatre today. They actually did two little shows, the first being one about a character called Bosco, and there was lots of audience participation and involved a big black crow who kept stealing Bosco’s possessions. My nearly 3 year old [...]