ManicMammy's Blog

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Welcome to the Aquadome

A couple of Sundays ago, we awoke to a rainy dull day in Bandon. So myself and 3 of the kids decided to hit the road to Tralee. We had been meaning to try out its Aquadome for ages so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so. To make a long story short, [...]

Invaluable website and iphone app

My kids love going to the cinema and I must admit I do love accompanying them. This is true barring the odd exception such  “Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” which we all agreed was an dreadful movie. I became aware of the bbfc (British Board of Film Classification) website after listening to [...]

Engineers Week

It may be Valentine’s Day tomorrow but romantic or not,  let us not forget that February 14th also marks the start of Engineers Week this year. “Engineers’ Week is a week long programme of nationwide events with the aim of celebrating the world of engineering in Ireland. The aim of the week is to create [...]

Once upon a time

Santy had some hits and some misses this Christmas but the Vtech Storio was definitely the surprise and biggest hit of them all. Fionn, who is 5 years old and in Junior Infants, has just started learning to read and he loves it. Santy brought him the Toy Story 3 ebook as he had recently [...]