Barbie Spy Squad Review

It is with great pleasure that we get to review yet another of the awesome and inspiring Barbie dolls that have been bought out for 2016. Barbie Spy Squad is a great new addition to the Barbie team and this time she comes with a kick ass attitude, just don't tell my daughter I said kick ass, she'll only repeat it!

This super action spy Barbie has her own pink spy glasses, pink streak in her hair and is rocking a pink glittery jacket worthy of any super spy, rather lucky my daughters favourite colour is pink then, underneath she is rocking her sleek spy suit in my daughters other favourite colour, purple.

But this Barbie has her own super spy actions and can do forward and backwards flips as well as cartwheel across the room. Using the special handle that is clipped onto her back, you can roll her across the floor and get her to loop and spin into action. My daughter found both putting the handle on and moving her across the floor a little hard to do, she is only tiny for her age though and couldn't quite hold her up in order to run the wheels across the floor, she could however spin her around in the air and thoroughly enjoyed doing this.

We even got a few of her other Barbies out for some Barbie spy squad fun, with our super spy squad Barbie finding out what is happening in The Mummy Diary house, with some funky star glasses on, my daughter was working hard to find out the goings on. Turns out someone had stolen the recipe for my world famous brownies, it has now been recovered...phew

She comes with full moveable arms, hands and legs and has flat shoes so unlike a lot of Barbies she can stand on her own.

Barbie keep coming up with these wonderfully inspiring dolls, my daughter hasn't stopped being a super hero since she got the Barbie Princess Power doll and now with her super secret spy pal she is sure to go and have even more fun.

I personally love her, the pink streak in her hair, oober cool glasses and sparkly coat are definitely my spy goals. Where will your Barbie take you?

Barbie Spy Squad will available on DVD from 15/2/16, in the brand-new film Barbie: Spy Squad, Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents in this exciting, action-packed adventure. We certainly can't wait to watch the DVD and see what Barbie and her friends get up to.

NB: We were sent the doll to write the review, all pictures and opinions are my own.

Little Miss Turns 5 - Setting a Beautiful Birthday

My daughter turns five on Saturday, five! How did that even happen? Time certainly does fly, it doesn't seem five minutes since she turned one. I always like to make a fuss on birthdays, well for everyone else anyway (I don't really for my own). So here is my little bundle of pink loveliness for the little miss this year, I can't wait to decorate the lounge and dining room with bright pink prettiness and see her little face when she comes down on Saturday morning.

For her cake I am intending to do a simple plain pink cake with these beautiful tall candles and little mini foil balloon. So here is to my baby baby, my littlest of littles and be sure to keep an eye out on my Instagram feed for snippets of our weekend.

Little Miss Turns 5 - Setting a Beautiful Birthday by themummydiary on Polyvore

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Black & White Photo Project Week 46

My daughter, she loves pink, mermaids, princesses and tutus but she also loves water fights, getting dirty and climbing. It's not the clothes or the colour that define the child, but the person in them!

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Making Time

A few weeks ago I was having lunch with some fabulous bloggers, one of those was the lovely Becky from Baby Budgeting and A Beautiful Space.

We were talking about my daughter starting school in September and how I am trying to make the most of the time I have left with her before she is there full time. She told me a wonderful story about her and her daughter before she started school and how they made a bracelet together, it made me more determined to make the most of my time with my little girl.

So, after we had dropped my son off at school, we went to the park. We spent an hour or so playing hide and seek, then we sat on a bench and talked about how we'd miss each other come September.

Then we went to play on the park, spotted some snowdrops and looked at the ducks. It was a wonderful way to spend some time, afterwards we went home to warm up and have a hot chocolate.

I missed my son when he went to school but I had my daughter to fill my time and the gap he left, I'm not sure how I will feel come September but I know that half terms, inset days and weekends will become even more precious.

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My daughter loves dressing up, and I loved nothing more than following her into the garden dressed in her fairy wings. Beautiful!

Mother's Day Fashion for Kids

Vertbaudet have asked bloggers to put together an outfit for their children from the collections on their website as part of a competition to win an awesome prize.

I have always admired Vertbaudet for their range of child friendly clothes, not too adult like. They look comfortable and not too restricting for a child's daily exploring of the world around them.

For my daughter who loves pink I have chosen an outfit which I think she would love but that isn't too over the top pink, with splashes of purple breaking up the pattern. I love the dress and this cardigan would be perfect for those cooler days, teamed with tights and these gorgeous little boots. The whole outfit comes to £79 which I don't think is that bad, each piece can be worn on it's own or as part of this fab little outfit.

I couldn't leave my son out whilst browsing the site, so have chosen this rather dashing trio, the linen trousers and organic jumper look super smart and the trainers add a smart casual feel to the outfit. Overall this comes to £82 which may sound like a lot but it includes a pair of leather trainers so I don't think this is too bad. Again these are all key pieces that could be worn with other outfits over summer.

Vertbaudet have a wonderful range of reasonably priced items including their 'happy price' range which offers super value. 

I have really enjoyed putting these outfits together and I am now more eager for summer to arrive ;)