Hollywood and Harry Potter
The theme for this week’s Gallery is ‘movies’, which is incredibly easy for me, because We Are A Movie Family. From Disney to Star Wars to Lord of the Rings, our son has grown up with the giants of...
View ArticleThe magic of Disney, Donald Duck and ‘oh boy oh boy oh boy’
When I was about six I saved up my 10p a week pocket money for eight weeks so I could buy a Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck annual which I read and reread countless times. I loved Mickey, Donald, Minnie...
View ArticleDogs we have loved
We were looking at some old family photos last weekend and I came across this photo taken by my dad of our first dog, Trisha (named, I think, because Patricia is one of my mum’s middle names). I love...
View ArticleIn praise of the Mums Only holiday
No 1 Son was about 18 months old when I was asked to go on a work trip abroad for the first time. There were two reasons I didn’t feel I could turn it down: 1) My boss made it clear it was expected...
View ArticleTeri Hatcher and Disney’s Planes
On Sunday we were invited to a special screening of Disney’s Planes, attended by Teri Hatcher (but not, unfortunately, by her voiceover co-star Dane Cook, who is one of my favourite Hollywood men...
View ArticleSo, what’s a Disney cruise REALLY like?
I’ve been sharing posts from our Disney cruise to the Mediterranean with you, but if you want to know what a Disney cruise is really like, here’s the vlog we shot while we were on the trip. I say we:...
View ArticleWin The Muppets Character Encyclopedia
As you know we’re huge fans of The Muppets in this house and can’t wait to see the new movie, The Muppets: Most Wanted, when it’s released at the end of March (and it stars Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and...
View ArticleDisney’s Frozen and some actual Disney magic
When we were sent Disney’s Frozen on DVD to review, No 1 Son turned his nose up. Even though he had loved Brave, he wasn’t keen on watching Frozen – I think the strange-looking snowman on the cover put...
View ArticleDisney’s Saving Mr. Banks review
So it was, really, a bit of a Disney film fest in our house this Easter weekend, because as well as Frozen we’d been sent the DVD/Blu-ray of Saving Mr. Banks to review. And this one I ended up...
View ArticleWin fantastic family movies on DVD
We are HUGE film buffs in our house – in fact I think part of the reason No 1 Son and I were awake for 12 hours on our flights to and from Shanghai is because we were watching back to back movies. So I...
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