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.

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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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Books, Magazines, Music, Film and TV, Collaborative posts, Reviews · March 24, 2021

Minecraft World Magazine Review | AD

*This is a paid post

One thing that has come out of the pandemic for us is the children’s love of Minecraft. They discovered it pretty much a year ago and it’s always the first thing they want to play. But, in looking for ways to expand their love of Minecraft, so they could enjoy it both on screen and off, we discovered Minecraft World Magazine.

Keep reading to find out more about Minecraft World Magazine – and get 3 issues for just £3!

What is Minecraft World Magazine?

Minecraft World Magazine is the perfect resource for any Minecraft fan and complements the game perfectly. The unofficial magazine is full of online community news, tips for achieving goals in the game, walk throughs and tutorials, puzzles and so much expert advice too.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

The magazine teaches children so much! How to protect yourself from the mobs, find out brand new Minecraft secrets, test out new recipes and discover everything there is to know about all the different Minecraft blocks.

Before LP and Little Man first saw Minecraft World Magazine, I thought they already knew loads about Minecraft from just playing along – how wrong could I be! Minecraft is an ever expanding world, with regular updates and expansions. There’s always more to learn, more to discover and more to do – which makes Minecraft World Magazine the perfect choice for anyone who wants to immerse themselves even further into the game, learning and discovering all they can.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

What will children enjoy about Minecraft World Magazine?

Each page of Minecraft World Magazine has so much to read but it’s all laid out in a really bright and colourful, engaging way with text dotted around the pages. It’s a magazine that children can pick up and put down as needed and something that won’t be thrown away when the next issue arrives – they’ll keep every magazine to refer back to and dip in and out of as they get deeper into the world of Minecraft.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

In each issue of Minecraft World Magazine children will find something they didn’t know about – exciting news straight from the Minecraft world, the latest updates, an answer to something they’ve been trying to work out or an idea for something to build the next time they step into Minecraft.

One word I can use to sum up Minecraft World Magazine is inspiring. It inspires children to work things out, create more and push themselves. Each magazine has a Top 10 in it of Minecraft builds from things like famous places to sports stadiums and it’s incredible seeing what other people have been able to build on Minecraft.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

This shows children what is possible within the game whilst also educating them around how to build different things, what blocks to use and what stages they need to work through first. It’s inspiring but it also makes everything within the game possible – making the game that much more enjoyable at the same time.

Each issue of Minecraft World Magazine comes with a free gift – there was a fidget spinner in our first issue that Little Man hasn’t put down since it arrived and a Minecraft cutter in the next issue for cookies or playdough! It’s an extra treat to look forward to.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

What did our children love about Minecraft World Magazine?

LP and Little Man loved Minecraft World Magazine from the very first time they picked it up. Full of the colourful block creations they’re used to from the game, it felt familiar and exciting straight away.

One of the first things they did was follow the walkthroughs in the magazine to build their own creations in Minecraft. Using the different blocks, reading the instructions in the magazine and having step by step screengrabs to help them too. It was amazing seeing them work together to build a turtle sanctuary – and it blew my mind that the magazine would teach them about things like wildlife conservation within Minecraft. It really is a whole world!

Minecraft World Magazine Review

They love the reader questions and answers in the magazine and Little Man always thinks of things to write in and ask as well. I know eventually he’ll get around to submitting his own questions and checking excitedly to see if they’ve been published!

The questions cover everything from how to create a certain object to how do you put something in a specific place through to how do you download updates, change your view in the game or get a new Minecraft game edition. Children can write in and ask literally anything related to Minecraft and the experts will do their best to help.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

The children love to learn and there is so much information within Minecraft that Minecraft World Magazine really helps you learn about different aspects of the game. You might find out more about raids and sieges in one section or about caves and cliffs in the next.

Children will learn about things like potatoes, what in game hunger really means and the ins and outs of every single type of Minecraft block. As a parent and non-Minecraft player, most of this goes over my head but the children absolutely love it.

Minecraft World Magazine Review

LP and Little Man spend ages discussing the finer points of different blocks, whether they want certain animals in their world and what they’re going to spawn next. As you can tell, Minecraft World Magazine adds so much depth to these conversations and to their Minecraft enjoyment.

Through reading the magazine, LP and Little Man have built so many things from their own lives, memories and imaginations. From our house to their school, a holiday we went on and somewhere they’d love to visit in the future. Minecraft World Magazine has opened the children’s eyes to a whole new world of Minecraft possibilities.

It’s safe to say, LP and Little Man love Minecraft World Magazine and are always so excited when a new issue arrives. I’m sure that if you have a Minecraft fan in your life that they will also love Minecraft World Magazine. So why not make the most of the current Minecraft World Magazine introductory offer?

Get your first 3 issues of Minecraft World Magazine for just £3 – find out more and sign up here.

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  1. Pippa Vincent says

    March 26, 2021 at 6:19 am

    Looks ideal for my little Minecraft lovers!

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  2. KEvin says

    June 17, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    Unfortunately the publishers add a mostly worthless item of plastic (junk, mostly) to every issue. These items are manufactured in Chin, then shipped around the world. Hardly what the world needs? My son loves the magazine, but we won’t be supporting the way it threatens the environment in this way. We would be more than happy to change our minds if they did away with the selling of unwanted bits of plastic that will soon end up in a landfill near you.

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    • Donna Wishart says

      June 17, 2021 at 1:44 pm

      I’m sorry that your son won’t be able to enjoy the magazine anymore. Our children love it and we have continued to subscribe. The added toys the children love and they are stored with our other toys – many of which are plastic – and used regularly. Ours won’t be going to landfill any time soon.

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