by admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Christmas, Days Out, Uncategorized
It’s not often you get the chance to see teddy bears dancing on the side of houses, giant luminous fish tanks and robotic musical dancing exhibits in someone’s front garden whilst roaming the streets of Lincoln so if you want to take advantage of our city...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Baby
by admin | Nov 19, 2016 | Christmas, Days Out, Uncategorized
When you’ve enjoyed going to an event in your pre-parenting days it’s always nice to think you might still be able to attend it even if you have some mini ones in tow. So it’s especially heartening when the organisers themselves recognise the value...
by admin | Nov 10, 2016 | Christmas, Days Out, Uncategorized
(For Christmas 2017 – Heigh-Ho Ho Ho, it’s off to the grotto we go – please click here) Halloween is another year away and Bonfire Night 2016 has seen its last explosion so… it must be time for the countdown to Christmas! Such an attitude is...
by admin | Nov 4, 2016 | Books
Today is the final day of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016). The Mini Malpi have looked at their own spooky recommendations, heard about some new releases from Lindum Books’s Gill Hart, taken a look at some picture books with...
by admin | Nov 3, 2016 | Books
Today is day four of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016). The week aims to celebrate books and reading for pleasure and a few children’s characters that are certain to join in with such celebrations are Roger Hargreaves’s...
by admin | Nov 2, 2016 | Books
For day three of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016), Deborah Holland, Lincoln Waterstones Children’s Bookseller, highlights a few of her favourite picture books which “don’t get as much focus and I think...
by admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Books
For day two of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016), Gill Hart from Lincoln independent book shop Lindum Books picks a few of her recently-released favourites… “There are lots of fabulous new books newly...
by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Books
Happy Children’s Book Week! Running from October 31st to November 4th, 2016, the week is being promoted by BookTrust and aims to celebrate books and reading for pleasure. “Studies show that children who enjoy and feel confident in reading are better...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Days Out, Halloween, Photography, Uncategorized
I can’t be the only family blogger who dreads her kids acting up when being asked to link up with someone. When Adrian Rowan of A. Rowan Photo contacted The Mini Malpi to suggest a Halloween-themed photo shoot I jumped at the chance. Based on Luke’s...
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