And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell and there’s so much to entertain the whole family whilst you do your Christmas shopping! 

Visit The Lexicon Glow Room for a magical light experience that will dazzle you with 20,000 LEDs. It feels like the room goes on forever! Then, take a dip in the Light Pool, a magical ball pool with golden balls to be found and prizes to be won!

If that wasn’t all, have a photo in the giant Christmas bauble ‘sparkling selfie station’ and follow the Twinkle Trail, spotting baubles in shop windows to collect the clues and enter to win fabulous prizes this Christmas. Plus, share your sparkling selfie station pictures, tagging #thelexiconbracknell or email them to marketing@thelexiconbracknell.com and you will automatically be entered in a competition for the chance to win a restaurant gift card too. 

There are also special performances from local choirs, bands and singers and even the chance to meet Bluey, Hey Duggee and Chase from Paw Patrol! You can be sure that a trip to The Lexicon will have something for everyone over the festive season this year. We loved our visit to The Lexicon last weekend and know we’ll be back again before Christmas!

Find out more on @thelexiconbracknell website.

#TheLexiconBracknell #Merry&Bright
AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! We had our first Glow Marwell experience tonight - and we loved it. It may even be the best light trail we have been to.

We spent well over two hours at @marwellzoo, enjoying the light installations, indulging in the food stalls and cafe, toasting marshmallows and even meeting Father Christmas! 

Glow Marwell was such a nice way to kick off the festive season - and it’s on all the way through December! If you’re looking for a really nice festive activity the whole family can enjoy, this could definitely be it!
AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparent AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparents this year? @famileo_uk is a wonderful gift, giving the recipient a personalised gazette of family news regularly throughout the year - and it costs from just £5.99 a month. 

Multiple family members can use the same subscription, all posting messages to be added to one gazette - and sharing the cost of the subscription too! It’s great for parents, siblings and children to all share their news with grandparents each week, fortnight or month. 

We’ve been sending my dad Family gazettes for a while now and he absolutely loves them. It means we tell him all the little things that are happening and not just the big news you remember to mention in phone calls. The children get to upload their own messages to their grandad and it’s definitely made them feel closer, building a stronger relationship despite living far apart.

Find out more about Family over on the blog - link in bio - and buy a subscription for your nearest and dearest this Christmas. It’s a gift they will definitely love to receive.
Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing the Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing these updates every week but I like having somewhere to put all these photos!

They’re now three months old, super loving and happy, making biscuits and purring constantly.

They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

Fred & George are now very much part of our family and I can’t imagine them not being there now - even at 7am when they’re miaowing at the door for breakfast!
AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your kids will love? Claim your FREE Banjo Robinson activity pack today!
 
Reading for pleasure is a key indicator of a child’s future success, but if your child doesn’t love to read, what can you do? We know it’s not always easy keeping kids entertained and away from screens, so we’ve partnered with the award-winning @banjorobinson to gift you a FREE activity pack, worth £9.99.

Here’s a little look at the Banjo Robinson subscription - Troy loves it! Travelling to world with Banjo is so much fun! You can read our full review over on the blog and claim your free activity pack too - link in profile.
A whole week of Fred & George. We weren’t meant A whole week of Fred & George.

We weren’t meant to get more cats just yet but sometimes the universe sends you things when you don’t expect them.

These little guys needed a home and a family to love them. And we had a home and a lot of love to give. We still miss Leia but this pair are definitely helping make me feel whole again.

They are both used to us now, and love us. They’re less nervous, give us cuddles and let us pick them up. They’re still living in our spare room but starting to explore the rest of the house under supervision. 

They play fight constant. Love toys, especially a crinkly feather thing on a string attached to a stick, and love being up high. They are an awesome pair and we are so glad to have them.

Thank you @millbrook_rspca @rspca_official for trusting us with ‘Lonestar and Starfish’. We could not love them more. 

#catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsofig #catsofinsta #catlovers #adoptdontshop #rspcarescuecat #kittensofinstagram #kittens_of_instagram
[AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing abo [AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing about our half term break at @pottersresort and it’s over on the blog if you want to go have a read.

I wanted to put some of my favourite photos on the grid too as the kids did so many fun activities - they had THE best time. 

Giant swing, segways, climbing, archery, laser clays… there was so much to do that we couldn’t fit it all in - we need another trip!
And there ends our October half term - well, apart And there ends our October half term - well, apart from Troy who has a bonus week off!

This half term has been pretty lovely. Troy had his school residential the first weekend and then we had a really lovely few days in Norfolk before heading home and picking up two new members of our family - Fred and George. 11 week old rescue kittens who have pretty much stolen our hearts.

It’s been so nice to have a chunk of quality time with this pair and now I’m looking forward to the Christmas holidays. These two are the best company and I really do live for the school holidays. 

How has your half term been?
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Reviews, Websites and Apps · December 22, 2016

Keeping the Kids Safe Online with Kidslox | AD

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A few weeks ago we introduced you to Kidslox, a parental control and screen time management app. Since then LP and Little Man have been using their tablets with Kidslox installed, enabling Dave and I to control pretty much every aspect of their multimedia life.

Keeping the Kids Safe Online with Kidslox

Once installed, Kidslox lets us manage all the devices in our household – both on Android and iOS. We can even manage the devices remotely from another device. This is great for changing the settings on the children’s tablets whilst they’re in use or whenever we think to change something.

The children know no different with their tablets – their whole user experience is just the same except we have full control of the type of content they are able to watch as well as turning off in app purchases and settings time restrictions. LP and Little Man are allowed to use their tablets between 8am and 7pm but for a maximum of an hour a day, two hours at weekends.

Keeping the Kids Safe Online with Kidslox

This has made the children really aware of how they use their tablets and instead of using them half heartedly whilst they watch TV they will now have more dedicated and quality time using them. They are also better at choosing what to do on them – as they know that watching their favourite shows on the tablet will eat into their allocated time whereas if they watch them on the TV they still have their tablet time left for games and other activities.

With the children growing up in such a digital age it’s only natural that we need systems in place to make sure the children are protected from aspects of technology that aren’t age appropriate for them. Kidslox is the perfect solution and we love that it’s something tailored to a family or any multi-device household and not something we have to subscribe to per tablet.

We’ve loved using Kidslox and it means that whatever tablet the children use in the house – theirs, or mine – they are able to use it safely and with settings tailored to them. Now that we’ve started using Kidslox I don’t think we could ever be without it.

You can try Kidslox for yourself for free for 14 days. After that you can use the basic version for free which covers one device or subscribe for a monthly or annual fee to have access to Kidslox for as many devices as you like. It’s definitely a great investment and you can download it now from the App Store.

Keeping the Kids Safe Online with Kidslox

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  1. Happy Mummy says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    That looks really good and much needed in this day and age! x

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  2. Talya says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    This sounds like a fab app for peace of mind for all us parents – off to investigate further now!

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  3. Nicole Davies says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    What a great idea! Lucas shared some weird youtube video to my facebook the other day and is a nightmare, so I can’t wait to get this downloaded. Thank you Donna.

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  4. Lizzie Roles says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:09 pm

    This is a great idea, I do worry the kids have too much screen time. We have restrictions on our wifi which is quite annoying actually when I want to read a breast feeding blog post or go into a restaurant website and can’t due to the alcohol / porn restriction on our wifi. Don’t ask me why breast feeding is blocked! It would be great to use something just for them and free our wifi again!

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  5. Plutonium Sox says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    Oh this is good, I like the fact that you can try it out for free. I might have to get that for our iPad, it makes a lot of sense to restrict what they can access and the amount of time they can spend.
    Nat.x

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  6. Jen Walshaw says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    I have found that we love it and the kids hate it, which means it is working!

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    • Donna Wishart says

      December 22, 2016 at 10:30 pm

      Ha! That’s so true! Thankfully ours are too young to know any different. You are our flash to the future! 🙂

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  7. Laura - dear bear and beany says

    December 22, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    I’ve not heard of this before, what a great idea. We are just getting to the stage of thinking about getting Alice her own tablet and this would give me peace of mind x

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  8. Liska says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    You can actually change them whilst in use that is amazing. Wonder if it’d work on Aaron’s Kindle Fire. Sounds super x

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