Hoot Snacks Review

I was really lucky to review a huge box full of Hoots snacks just before Christmas the reason behind this was because as some of you may know I am a Hull blogger. Hoots are a company who are based here in Hull and to celebrate been the UK City of Culture I was send a box of there tasty snacks to review.

Hoots are a crouton style baked snacks which makes them a lot more crunchy than a bag of normal crisps. They almost remind me of the garlic bread snacks which you used to be able to get I don't think you can actually get them any longer.  Hoots as I stated previously are baked not fried which makes the a healthier alternative to crisps as well as they have no added flavour, preservatives, colours or nuts which is great as this means that Jess can snack on these as well.


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Living Arrows #8 - Dada Dada

Dada Dada are words which I swear the words which I have heard so much this month no matter what Jess is doing at the moment she seems to always want her Daddy. I think that this is because they are best friends but I know how much it hurts her when he goes away which is something which she is going to have to deal with a lot in the next few months, As you can see from the picture above sleeping seems to make Jess better when she is missing Daddy maybe this is because of the fact that she knows the more she sleeps the quicker she see's him. I swear I end up saying Friday as she sees's him on the weekends because during the week we are so busy. She must really look forward to the weekend so much because she gets to see both her parents which she does do a lot during the week.


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Healthy Cola- Juicy Fuel

A few weeks ago I was contacted by the lovely people at Juicy Fuel Cola contacted me and asked if I would like to try some of their healthy cola which is something that interested me as you know I love drinking fizzy drinks but I don't like how unhealthy they can be.

I was treated to 3 of the original juicy fuel cola and 3 of the cherry juicy fuel cola. I have changed my opinions while testing out these products at first I was unsure if I liked them due to the fact that they were almost like flat coke.

The reason my changed was the fact that I was expecting something different but when I actually checked what the product was I found out that it was one of your five a day which is a good way to get some of your fruit in your diet. The reason why it is classed as one of your five a day is because of the fact that it is made with kola nut extract, grape and lemon juices as well as barley malt. One element which really reaches out to me is that there are no preservatives, no added e-numbers, no added sugar and no added sweeteners- yet is basically is pure fruit juices.


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The Sunshine Blogger Award

I really love reading more about people behind the blogs I think I am going to try and share more about me in the next few months because I actually want this to feel like a personal blog and like you actually know me personally.  I was tagged by the lovely Beth who if you don't already read her blog you should she set me 10 questions in which I am going to answer in this post. 


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The Melt Box- Flamingo Candles February '17

One thing which I am always looking forward to when a new month started is that there is going to be a new melt box arriving as you know I am someone who loves burning candles and tarts. Of course today I am going to share with you February's edition I know this is pretty late, however, I have just had some much content to get out to you lovely people. February again had an amazing theme and this was Valentine's as I am sure your aware that this time as now passed but it doesn't matter I can still love the tarts they are not just for Valentine's.

If you are unsure what the melt box is it is a monthly subscription box from flamingo candles each box has 8 wax tart melts. They are a combination of old favourites, current scents and some which are still yet to be launched as well as some exclusives to the melt crowd. As a member you receive a wax burner with your first box which allows you to burn the wax as well as a 20% discount code with every box which is useful for us candle addicts.


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Living Arrows # 7- Radio Silence

Another week has past and shock this is a whole week which Jess has managed in Nursery as you may know if you have been reading my previous weeks she hasn't managed to do many of them since the start of the year. Maybe we are at the end of the bugs we can only hope. This picture which is above is one of my favourites I have taken this week it was taken on Friday when Jess was shouting for Dada. She has not been able to talk to him much this week at all it was not until shortly after this picture she was able to talk to him on Friday which I think made her week.


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Ella's Kitchen- Filling Your Child Up

Breakfast is one of the areas which we kind of struggled a little bit when it came to weaning with Jess. We are lucky because she actually loves to eat fruit, however, when we are going on long days our when we are commuting to nursery I worry that maybe she has not eaten enough and she is actually going to be hungry for the rest of the day. I know mummies are always worrying I could give her toast as well but I do not want to give her too much bread as she has a lot of it at nursery because we have found that she now has a lot of sandwiches and wraps so I do not want to give her too much.

We had tried a range of cow and gate cereal, however, this only goes up to around age 10 months and then they stop I could give her this, however, there is not a lot of different textures and that is still classed as "baby food".  I know some of you may wonder why I don't just give her other children food which is designed for toddlers and old people. The reason behind this is because that these can be high in sugar and salt and these are really not something which I want Jess to be addicted to.
When on the hunt for something which was suitable I for my needs I found Ella's Kitchen have some amazing breakfast food and they soon have become Jess's favourite.  I feel like they only have a range of 3 kinds of cereal due to the fact that I have not seen any others and I have been to a range of supermarkets.

The three which they have are the following the wakey wakey round ones which remind me almost of cheerio's however, they are suitable for little ones these are something which Jess will eat either with milk or without and pick at them like a snack, however, we only give her them at breakfast because she would have them all of the time if she could.

Another product which she loves is the banana and cinnamon muesli which sounds really nice as this is not something we have in adult ranges it is like oats and then has some chunks in it which makes me think of something which I can not think what it is. You can serve this hot or cold so sometimes like when it was super cold in the winter months we did heat it up for Jess and she seems to like it either hot or cold because she is always handing us an empty bowl back.  

The final cereal which we have is the strawberry and raspberry porridge no joke you can actually smell the strawberries in it I wish I could eat it sometimes but I am sure that Jess will moan at me.  These, of course, are something which has to go in the microwave so are great for these colder mornings which we are having. This is porridge is one which is made with milk because this allows you to get milk into your child instead of having to give them in a bottle format or a cup.

I have found this cereal a really good way to fill Jess up when she is having a long day, I do give her some fruit so she can have some otherwise she may get grumpy because she really does love it.  The only thing which I wish that they were a larger range because this would allow us to vary what Jess has for breakfast.

What do you give your child for breakfast?

Charlotte x

George - Character Tee Haul

Does anyone got to the supermarket notice that there is a sale on clothing for me it usually it children's and then end up getting sucked in and having to purchase something if there is anything worth having.  Since having Jess in nursery we have noticed that she can go through sometimes 2/3 tops a day because she can end up getting so messy and then they end up changing her. As a result of this, it means we need a lot of basic and cheap more so because they end up painting multiple times a week now and this can ruin clothing. A couple of weeks ago I popped into Asda and noticed that they were having sale so I picked some up in 1-1/2 years because this is the next size which Jess will be going into one may be the size above this as well so she can grow into it more. 

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Living Arrows #6 - zzzzz Sleeping

This week ended again with Jess been poorly she managed to get her first sickness bug which again resulted in a day off nursery she has only managed to do one full week this year. Jess decided that she wanted a lot of cuddles when she was poorly and this meant that we did no do a lot this weekend because it is what she wanted so the weekend consisted of cuddles and naps. This did mean that we have had to scrap the plans which we kind of made for valentine's however, I am sure that we will end up doing something else at a later date.


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Wildwood Peterborough

I thought I would share another idea of what you could do this Valentine's day. Joe and I really like eating out sometimes this means that we will take Jess with us sometimes we do for meals without her usually it means we go out for meals when she is still in nursery and we have an afternoon off. New Years Eve we decided that we wanted to go hunt for Lush Christmas sale items and we decided we wanted some food while in Peterborough. We found a restaurant which we hadn't previously heard of it was Wildwood since this I have researched them and found that they are a chain and they actually have one in York which we plan on going to very soon.


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Coping With Children's Colds

In the past couple of month's Jess has had a fair few cold this could be due to the fact that she is always at Nursery where they seem to breed this could be because there are so many children around it is almost like school. On top of this Jess does have early mornings which I know are never the best we really don't like them but it is necessary.

During this time it has meant I have come use to knowing what products actually help and I thought today I would share them because I always see people who are looking for advice of fellow parent's so I thought if this helps just one person it would mean so much to me.


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Tasty Family Chilli Recipe

As you, I am sure that you are very aware that valentine's day is coming up but as a parent, it means that you many not be able to get a babysitter and be able to go out on an actual night out for a meal but this doesn't mean that you can not celebrate. You could actually cook a  meal for your other half something which I love to cook is a chilli you can change the recipe which I am going to share with you today due to the fact I do love pretty hot food but I aware that some people mat not be the same as me

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Living Arrows #5- Week of Fake Pox

This week has been one of the toughest as my life as a parent this is because of the fact that Jess got sent home from Nursery on Monday and was not allowed to return and she was fine the next day, She got sent home and we got told we needed to get a doctors appointment for her because she was covered in a rash according to them. When we got her to see a doctor we found that she had an eye and ear infection as well a common cold and Chicken Pox. Yes, she was a walking infection as one of my friends described her.  This meant that she had to spend a bit of time with Daddy because of the fact I still had to attend my lectures but everyone else was at work and of course he is lucky to get time off when Jess is sick and need looking after.  Would you believe the fact this picture above is taken a day after she got this diagnosis she does look a little poorly but I think in total she managed to get about 5 spots so we are unsure if it was actually chicken pox or if it was a viral infection.


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My Pandora Collection

Valentine's Day is just over a week away I know that some of you do not actually do gifts but other of you do. This year I am unsure actually if we are going physical presents this is something I really should ask. If you partner is anything like mine he knows that I like jewellery and the company Pandora is one of the main one apart from Tiffany.  Tiffany might be out of your price range if you're like us just for an occasion like Valentine's.


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Bakerdays Valentine's Letterbox Cake Review + Giveaway

Recently I was contacted by the lovely people at Bakerdays asking if I wanted to review their Valentines day Review. If you know me I am not one to say no to trying food let alone cake this is just a dream. If you have not heard of the baker days company they are a letterbox cake which means you can get a cake in the post which always one of my favourite types of mail.

I really love the idea of getting cake or been able to send it in the post because of the fact that it can be a pain in the bum if the person you are sending it to is not in because nobody enjoys the red card of doom. I should know because I seem to get a hell of a lot of them at the moment because I am never in when the postman is in. I can vouch that they do come through the letterbox because this is something which I came home to last week.


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