This day I love.......: casdon

When your child makes a wish for Christmas you do your utmost to make their wish come true. Obviously when my youngest asked for Rudolph I had to use a little bit of creative imagination but for the most part I do my best to ensure their wishes are fulfilled.

This Christmas my eldest daughter had asked Father Christmas for a microwave, and not a toy microwave a real one. She has told everyone, including all the elves when we went to Wales and every time I have had a panic. It is not as easy as it sounds to fulfil this wish. She wants a real microwave, not a toy one. The problem for me is a 5 year old with a real microwave is a bad idea. I needed therefore to find a good alternative, one which looks real to her but is actually a pretend one.

I hunted everywhere for a real looking microwave and imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this one from Casdon

The Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Set Microwave, Kettle and Toaster had a look and feel of the real thing, which is exactly what I was after. The kettle can be filled with real water and the toaster comes with toast. The toast even pops up from the toaster like a real toaster. These were additional bonuses for my daughter, whose wish was a microwave.

The Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Set Microwave, Kettle and Toaster needs 3 AA batteries for the microwave to work and in order for the functions to work the door must be closed fully. The microwave has a thumb wheel which can be turned to select the item to be placed in the microwave. My daughters favourite is Pizza but there are others including Potato and Pasta. You can then press the numbers on the key pad which makes beep noises, same as a real microwave. Pressing start then activates the turntable, lights and cooking sounds of the microwave, in the same way a real microwave would.

The program can be stopped at any point by pressing stop. The girls find it really easy to open the door on the microwave too, thanks to the push button. My daughter was ever so happy when she opened up her microwave on Christmas morning and could not believe she had a real microwave.

I later asked her why she needed a real microwave, to which she replied 'to warm up all the baby food'. Seems she is excited for her new brother/sister to arrive!

The Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Set Microwave, Kettle and Toaster was sent for us to review in exchange for this post

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Now my eldest is at school I rarely get time with her on a one to one basis. I really miss spending time with her on her own. I decided that during the school holidays I would make time to spend some time together and with her sister in nursery we had the day just the two of us.

After dropping her sister at nursery I asked her what she wanted to do and said she could do anything. She replied 'Ride my bike, feed the ducks and have a Yorkshire pudding for lunch'. Sounded like a good plan to me so we headed out to feed the ducks and ride our bikes.

I was full of pride watching my eldest ride her bike, the path is shingle based so the wheels kept slipping . This did not deter her and she put all her effort into riding. I saw the smile on her face and realised how proud she was.

The bike ride helped to build up an appetite for lunch and of course I kept my promise of a Yorkshire pudding. We still had some time before picking my youngest up from nursery so I asked my eldest if there was anything else she wanted to do, 'Bake a cake please Mummy'.

This gave us the perfect opportunity to try out the Annabel Karmel cooking toys from Casdon. The range offers full working cooking utensils to encourage children to cook and adopt a healthy life style. Annabel Karmel also includes a recipe book full of ideas and it is here we got the recipe for the cake.

My eldest was incredibly happy with her baking equipment, looking and feeling just like the real thing. The Ultimate bakers set was just phenomenal and I actually think my daughter now owns more decorating equipment than me.