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I love to give my children different experiences, and this blog has allowed them to take part in some amazing opportunities.  A first for them occurred last weekend when we were invited to a child friendly rave.  Big Fish Little Fish promised to be fun for all the family and give children a real rave experience.

The rave was held in a proper night club in the centre of Sheffield, and with a well known DJ.  I loved watching all the adults relive their youth raving only with the addition of their children.  The fully stocked licensed bar perhaps helping.

The children were well taken care of, with an area dedicated to the toddlers and babies.  Plenty of sensory games and sat at the back of the club was much quieter than the rave itself.


Little Man was fascinated by the glow sticks and all the flashing lights.  All children were given glow sticks upon entry and I loved that babies were included too


He soon began to play with the balls in the ball pit, he seems to love ball pits!  Even having a wiggle to certain beats.


As well as a licensed bar for the adults, they were also serving cakes and yummy fruity ice lollies.  My eldest decided she would rather dance than eat ice lollies which meant my youngest had two ice lollies!


Little Man fell asleep and the girls became blurs on the dance floor.


They chased balloons, got covered in glitter from the glitter cannons and popped bubbles that were all fired into the crowd. 


The girls loved everything from the glow sticks to the music and it is an experience they are still talking about a week later.  They even wanted to take their glow sticks to school to show their teachers.


It is safe to say the girls loved their first rave experience, and Little Man loved all the sensory play too!  We shall be on the look out for the next event by Big Fish Little Fish as they are really family friendly and such great fun

This day I love Big fish Little Fish. 
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After completing my first park run on Saturday morning, I decided it would be a nice treat to go to the theatre. Music in the round had put on a show at the crucible in Sheffield, crazy creatures. The show sounded interesting, lots of audience participation, musical instruments and a story for both girls to follow.

Rather than driving into town we opted to take the tram. My youngest loved this. Not sure what it is about kids and trains/trams but she thought it was such a treat. She even got excited at seeing the pigeons in town, to her this was an amazing day.

The crucible is such a lovely venue, the theatre was quite intimate without feeling small. There was some lovely acoustics too. The cast came on stage and introduced us to the songs. It took a while for my daughter to warm up but she was soon participating with everyone else. My youngest needs more to look at and soon got a little fed up of watching the musicians and the moving slides on the Screen in front.

day at the theatre

My eldest really got into the stories, there were two in total. She loved the singing and the actions and it was great to see her so involved. I asked her which instrument she liked and she said the clarinet or oboe. It was a great way to introduce children to music and really lovely story. I think my youngest will get there, she just can't sit still at the moment.

music in the round

As we left my eldest started laughing, I asked her and she said because the cat hoovered his bottom. Quite clearly she enjoyed herself and loved the day spent listening to music in the theatre. It has certainly captured her imagination.

This day I love toddler, trams and theatres. 
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\Sunday

sleepy JSpotty dog was rushed into the emergency vets, so when the girls woke up she wasn't at home.  There were lots of tears and everyone felt it all day.  J seemed to really miss her too and just wanted to cuddle

Monday

Spotty dog and his coneI picked spotty dog up from the vets today.  At first she was unsure of the cone of shame, until she discovered she could use it to hide food.  


Tuesday

Valentines messy playEldest and I had great fun with messy play.  We used shampoo and our dough smelt fantastic and was lovely and soft.  My eldest wanted to use Love heart cutters so it made for a wonderful Valentines Day play.


Wednesday

throwing snow ballsThe day the snow came.  What better way to start the day than a snow fight.  Whilst I appreciate this is not the best photo, I just love my daughters expression as she is about to throw a snow ball


Thursday

sleepy spotty dogSpotty dog is recovering slowly.  She likes to have a lot of rest at the moment, as the smallest amount of energy seems to tire her out.


Friday

cheeky monkeyI just love this little monkey.  She jumped on my knee and started throwing my nose. [the game toddlers play where you pretend to steal a nose and throw it away]

Saturday

music in the roundWe had a day out listening to music with Music in the round and their show Crazy creatures.  My eldest got really engrossed and loved the whole show, my youngest is too restless and would not sit still.


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TalkTalk have a long partnership with the Xfactor and this year have launched their very own app.  Mix Off allows you to star in your own Mix Off music video.  The app is free to download and if you create one of the best you could star on TV.

Mix Off allows you to choose your own music tracks, you then record yourself singing and dancing.  After you have sung and danced your heart out you have the option to add up to three people.  It is that simple to create your own brilliant musical master piece.

Don't worry if you don't want to download onto your ipad or android tablet as you can also create on your computer.  For some inspiration and to see some new start in the making check out the online gallery

I would love to see the videos you create.

This post is part of my collaboration as a TalkTalk family blogger
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My eldest daughter recently had her first half term.  I cannot believe how quick it has gone, it only seems like yesterday it was her first day at school.  We did do quite a lot during half term and I thought rather than do lots of individual posts, it would be nice to put together a half term round up of the events we attended.

Our half term began by the girls getting rather excited that they had a whole week together playing


We had been invited along to the Family Pet show in Manchester.  This is different to the National pet show that we went to in Birmingham.  The main difference is that you could take your dogs along with you.  I decided against this though, as having two children without two dogs to look after was more than enough.



The girls once again loved meeting all the different animals.  There was lots of different dogs and cats for them to meet but my daughters favourites were the ferrets and the blue tongue skink.  I loved catching up with Edenpetz who I met in Birmingham and also Harvey's Army.  If you own a dog [or any pet who is micro chipped] Please take a moment to sign Harvey's Army petition.  They are campaigning for compulsory scanning of all domestic animals who are retrieved from the highways.  It is not currently mandatory to scan animals found on the highway.  Which means if your loved pet is found either alive or dead they may not be scanned, Harvey's Army want to change this.  If you do sign the petition please check your emails for a response, as you will receive an email to verify you want to sign the petition.  If you do not follow the link in this email than your signature will not be counted.

I also met some new companies including Canny Magloc.  This is a really clever way to connect a lead back onto a dog.  I have been impressed with how strong the device is and is able to hold even J when he pulls, it can hold up to 40Kg.  It is worth a look.

I am wanting to create some special Christmas presents this year and so the girls spent a day getting creative and into the Christmas spirit.  It was a nice calm down day


As a child I loved Roald Dahl, and to be honest I still do love to read his books.  I really loved revolting rhymes and often found them rather funny.  Music in the Round, had put together a special performance of music along to the words by Roald Dahl Cinderella.  The event was part of Family Arts festival and with a daughter who has an interest in music I thought it would be a great experience for her.

She was treated to many instruments she had never heard of before and listened intently to each.  She became engrossed in the story and loved all the audience participation, clapping and cheering.  It was a great way to introduce music to children and in such a fun manner.  My eldest really enjoyed it.


After a quick bite to eat and a babyccino 


It was time to go and enjoy all the fun of the fun fair!




Thursday was another busy day as we headed over the Pennines again to Manchester.  This time to the Sea life centre.  The girls loved all the mini tunnels and bubbles that they could walk through and get a close up look inside the tank.  They even decided to touch a crab.



We set on a deep sea adventure, finding the stamps and answering questions as we went around Sea Life.  We stumbled upon the Octonauts whilst we where at the stingrays.  The girls got very excited until it was our time to meet them and then got shy.  After they wanted to go back and say hello again.


My eldest discovered my glasses and spent the next morning pretending to be a teacher.  This confused me as neither of her teachers wear glasses.  She had fun anyway


Having taken the girls to experience live music I thought it would be great to also take them to the Hepworth In Wakefield.  The Hepworth is home to some great artists and also has a lot of family friendly events on.  Admission to the gallery is free, but there is a small car park charge.  The girls took advantage of the weather and spent a lot of time on the outdoor playground


Before we went inside.  The Hepworth takes full advantage of its position in Wakefield and has some beautiful views.  The girls were captured by the huge windows.


My eldest even sat down in front of one to draw a picture.


My youngest however took a liking to the sculptures


We decided to take part in some of the activities the gallery had put on for children.  The Hepworth has a dedicated space for children which was a really lovely touch.  The girls set out drawing some pictures.


They were then given rollers and shown how to spread the print ink.  They both really loved this


The next step was to use some special tools to draw patterns in the ink.


Before pressing the drawings over the patterns in the ink.  The girls had to press really hard and give it a rub


They were rather pleased with the finished results


The week had gone by very fast and it was time for the weekend.  We have enjoyed the firework display at Cannon Hall Farm in previous years and so we had booked tickets to attend again.  The girls were eager to see fireworks and kept looking up to the sky.


First it was time to light the bonfire


I find watching a fire really relaxing.  It was really lovely that the lit the fire early, it was around 5.30 so we got to watch the sunset round the fire too.  The fireworks were lit an hour later and they were choreographed to music.  My only criticism was that they seemed to be over really quickly.

I decided to be brave and took my camera off auto in an attempt to capture some fireworks.  I am pretty pleased with the results.



Our half term passed really quickly lucky for my daughter she had an inset day on Monday so we threw a party for her friends.  A Dora in the City twitter party.  My daughter had her friends over and we had a lot of treats in store


The girls all got together on the table and decorated cakes, well you can't have a party without cakes


Our twitter party was in conjunction with UKmums.tv and Nick Jr to celebrate the launch of new episodes of Dora and Friends in the city.  The girls were excited to see the new episodes and settled down with some popcorn to watch.


We played lots of games Pass the parcel, activity sheets and colouring.  One of our guests even won a Dora bracelet. 


The girls had a lot of fun playing Piñata.  It had been a dream of one of the guests to play after she had watched Dora the explorer so it was really lovely to make that dream come true.  The Piñata was quite tough to break through for our 4 year old guests so we ended up enlisting some help 


With a little help from our puppy we managed to get into the piñata.  It was a really lovely party and the perfect way to finish half term.
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My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

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