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The second we get home from the school run Little Man stands by the kitchen door and shouts 'outside'. He loves playing in the garden, running around, smelling the flowers and of course playing in the mud! He has so much fun and I love playing with him. The garden has become even more exciting recently with the addition of a bright coloured water play table from Step2.

We have had the water table inside recently, only instead of water I placed lots of bright coloured balls inside it. Little man loved it and used the handy 'leap pad' to bounce balls all over the room. The nice weather has now meant we can take the table outside and put water in it in addition to the balls I added.



The table requires minimal assembly when it arrives, it took me less than 5 minutes to assemble. Once built it is actual quite stable and robust as my son at 2 years old keeps climbing into it without any issue. As well as the table you also get a frog, which squirts water, a flower shaped scoop and two rubber ducks!


The frog can leap in from the side on the lily pad or slide down the slide with the ducks. I am impressed from a practical perspective that I can get under the slide to clean it so that water does not stay under it and develop mould. In fact practically I am very impressed. The water is easy to drain away as there is a very easy to use plug and I can access all different areas of the table to give it a wipe down clean.

Little Man of course loves it too and it's lovely to play with him. His favourite is the scoop. He likes watching the water fall through the holes in the scoop and he likes that he can throw water into the air to cover me in it!


 Whilst he loves throwing water at me, he also really loves the spinning wheel in the middle of the table. When there is lots of water in the table, it can hold 15l, this is fun for splashing and making waves. With less water it is still fun to spin round and see how fast you can make it spin.


We shall be making the most of our step2 table. Outside with water when it is warm and inside with the balls for when it is cold! Little Man certainly has a lot of fun playing!

All words are my own opinion, the table was sent in exchange for this review. 

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Ever since the postman delivered the Little Tikes Splash Face the girls have been itching to get outside and play. The problem however has been the weather. Snow, grey skies, rain and wind not to mention the cold temperatures are not the ideal condition for playing with a game in which you get very wet. So we waited and waited some more.

Yesterday it seems the weather Gods were looking down on us in favour. The sun shone. The temperature went above 20 and the wind was non existent. Perfect. The girls came home from school and were so happy to see I'd assembled Splash Face ready for them to play. It only took a quick 5 mins and the only tool I needed was a screwdriver. Off into the garden we went.


I used a hammer to ensure the pegs stayed in the ground, this was to make sure splash face stayed upright with all the tugging during the game and then I went to get the hose pipe. Here we encountered our one and only issue. The connector supplied on the Splash Face didn't fit with out hose pipe. The engineer in me wasn't going to be beaten. I rummaged around the kitchen found some electrical tape and wooden skewers and before you knew it I'd fashioned a fix to make the hose pipe stay in place.


Although only a temporary fix as I shall go and purchase a connector to ensure longer play. It mattered not. The girls began tugging and splashing each other. As they tugged the other got squirted with water. Much to the delight of their sibling. The garden was filled with shrieks of delight. Little man trying to get in on the fun too.


A temporary fix is just that, temporary. I had to keep putting the hose back on but that's no fault of Little Tikes, simply I need a different adaptor. The girls soaked to the bone but with huge smiles and lots of giggles. Little Man kept running off with the hose pipe and trying to get in on the fun.

Splash Face was certainly worth the wait. The girls loved it. Little man loved it. I best get to the garden centre and buy an adaptor so they can play for longer. I can see it featuring heavily in our garden during the warm weather.
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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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