Little Campers Range at FieldCandy

Today I am excited to announce a new product launch from FieldCandy.

FieldCandy is a design-led brand of tents. They offer a range of  high quality, high performance tents in fun and exciting designs.
They have just released a new range called Little Campers designed specifically with children in mind. The Little Campers range come in 5 exciting designs including a spaceship and a fairground carousel all modelled on a Indian Teepee. Their aim is to spark imagination and bring a new element to playtime. 

All FieldCandy tents are made from high quality material and are UV fade resistant, fire resistant and 100% waterproof. They are easy to assemble and extremely durable, perfect for indoor or outdoor use.
These will be the perfect Christmas present for any boy or girl.

The Little Campers range will be making their debut appearance at the Spirit of Christmas Fair in London's Olympia, which is on now until the 10th November, where you can order them exclusively for delivery in time for Christmas. You will also be able to order them online from the FieldCandy website for the retail price of £195 each.

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Birthday Presents

I think we have finally finished shopping for Calleigh's birthday. All her presents are wrapped and waiting for the big day on the 28th November. 

I am so unbelievably excited for her birthday it's unreal. We have got her so many good presents I just know she is going to love them! 

Because we will be in England for Christmas and be a bit restricted on what we can buy her (we don't want to spend a fortune shipping huge presents back) we have got most of the big presents for her birthday. 

I think she is going to be a very busy girl on her birthday! 

There is still so much to do before the day. I still have some decorations to make and the day before we will be putting together her kitchen and table and chairs. We decided not to wrap these as it would be a bit of a waste of paper because they are huge boxes, so we will be putting them out for her out of sight and taking her to them once she has unwrapped all her presents. 

Again so excited!

Calleigh's Birth Story

Yesterday I added a new page to the blog. 

Calleigh's Birth Story

With her second birthday coming up very soon I thought it was about time to share the story of, well, how she came to be. It's not your average birth story as I never experienced labour and knew weeks before the exact date that she would arrive. 

I can't believe that even though it was almost two years ago I still remember every minute and every feeling. 

I decided to do it as a page instead of a post because it ended up being quite long and I wanted it to be easily accessible. 

Grab a cup of tea and have a read. You can find it in the navigation menu or click the link in this post.

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

Winter is well and truly here.
It has turned seriously cold here in St Louis, some days we have been waking up to a full frost and temperatures of -3! It may be cold but that also means that the holiday season will soon be here!

My favourite way to warm up on these cold winter days is with a peppermint hot chocolate from Starbucks. So when I saw that Betty Crocker did a hot chocolate cupcake mix I just had to buy it. With little marshmallows baked into the cake and a good splash of peppermint extract added to the batter it's the perfect treat on a miserable day.

If you want to make them you can just pick up a chocolate cupcake mixture and follow the directions for baking, but remember to add a few drops of peppermint extract. Top with white icing and sprinkle on some goodies! 

Funky Giraffe Bibs Review

Now Calleigh is older she isn't too keen on wearing a bib whilst she eats, which means a lot of washing for me as she still hasn't quite mastered eating without it going all over her. Whilst I agree that bibs do seem a little babyish for her now I still wish she would wear one to keep her clothes clean. So when I was contacted by Funky Giraffe Bibs I was excited to try out their bandanna bibs.
The bandanna bib is a different take on the usual square bibs that are available and something that can be worn by babies as well as toddlers to keep them clean at mealtime. They are really cool looking and don't make Calleigh look like a baby while she is eating. They just look like a really cool fashion accessory.

I got to choose a few designs from their extensive range of bandanna bibs and I decided on a music note bib, a birthday girl bib (for her up coming birthday) and a Christmas tree bib (ready for the season). They all look really great and are made with soft high quality material.

I love the designs we received and there are plenty more to choose from on their website. Calleigh was happy with the designs too and spent more time looking at her new bib than actually eating her dinner. It did the trick and at the end of dinner I was happy to see clean clothes.
Calleigh didn't want to take the bib off so spent the rest of the afternoon walking around in it, she looked super cool!

It's not just bibs you can find on their website either.
Funky Giraffe Bibs also offer baby and toddler fashion from head to toe. You can find T-shirts, dresses, vests and socks all made from the finest material and at affordable prices. You won't find their designs anywhere else so go to their website for the latest styles and trends.

I was really impressed with the bibs and can't wait for her birthday and Christmas so she wear the other two.

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I received these bibs from the company for the purpose of this review but all thoughts are my own and I was not compensated in any other way for this review.