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Shortlisted Best Family Video Game: Kinect Sports Season Two
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 14:38:46
Get the whole family in a sporty mood with this fun interactive game
When rain stops play outside, why not set up a sporting arena in the comfort of your living room? Kinect Sports Season Two features six new sports – tennis, golf, American football, baseball, skiing and darts – that can be played either individually
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It’s Gonna Get Ugly
By Catherine O’Dolan on 19/04/2010 11:34:41
The story behind Uglydolls from creator David Horvath
, because Ugly means unique and different. Those funny little twists and turns on our inside and outside are to be celebrated, not covered up or corrected. So Uglydolls are the first “beautiful and cute” dolls to come out in a long time. Remember the days
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School Run Diva: How to be the yummiest mummy in the playground (with minimum effort)
By Catherine O’Dolan on 18/04/2010 13:03:49
International make-up artist Korben Niblett offers five simple steps to a gorgeous, natural glow in a jiffy
for daytime. When using eyeliner, you need to be aware of the line of elevation. To find this, use a triangular sponge and dip it into some powder, then dab it close to your eye with the point at the outside corner of your eye. Looking straight at your eyes
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Shock, horror! Restaurant Bans Children
By Catherine O'Dolan on 11/10/2010 18:11:17
Your toddler's in meltdown mode in a crowded restaurant – do we expect tolerance or tuts from fellow diners?
in more customers than it has ever kept away.” But if children are effectively banned from restaurants, how will they ever acquire the skills they need? However, Armes has said that the restaurant will ask diners to take their children outside until
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Easter Movie Reviews: The Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
By Catherine O'Dolan on 14/04/2011 14:54:02
The honey-coloured "bear with little brain” is back with his crew in an endearing animated adventure
THERE’S A RETURN to the multifarious charms of 1977 animated classic The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh – only these days, Christopher Robin has a pair of Hunter wellies strategically product-placed outside his bedroom door. But the rest
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The guilt-free guide to motherhood
By Catherine O'Dolan on 04/08/2010 16:02:57
Ten reasons not to feel guilty – you are doing a great parenting job!
or their children to be ‘winners’. They had managed to step outside the highly competitive parenting pressure cooker. 10. In most cases, what a mother instinctively feels is the right choice for her and her family, is the right one – regardless of what
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Easter Movie Reviews: Rango
By Catherine O'Dolan on 14/04/2011 14:56:50
Johnny Depp plays homage to Clint Eastwood and the Wild West in a quirky animation Rango
THERE'S SOMETHING EERILY familiar about the enigmatic outsider, with dark mysterious eyes and a macho swagger. OK, so he's also a chameleon in a garish Hawaiian shirt, but Johnny Depp's incarnation as R-r-r-rango (say it with gusto) is a clear
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The Glamping Season starts here…
By Catherine O'Dolan on 19/06/2012 15:21:15
With the festival season creeping up fast, here's some glamping tips from Karma Canvas to help you reside in style
, and flowers. Have little baskets for the kids to collect interesting stones, leaves, acorns, twigs, feathers, then make an al fresco collage on the grass outside the tent.12. Don't forget your basic first-aid kit: plasters, anti-histamine cream and tablets
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The Warrington in Maida Vale
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/09/2010 12:16:48
Dining out at Gordon Ramsay's posh pub The Warrington in Maida Vale is a relaxed family affair
sedate. The pub also has a newly refurbished outside area with a relaxed and leafy space where children can run around to their heart’s content. They also put on Barbeques (weather depending), where the whole family can try the famous Warrington Burger
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The rules of Cool: Do's and don't of cool parenthood
By Catherine O'Dolan on 28/09/2010 11:55:38
Ignore these words of parent wisdom at your peril – or risk the censure of the younger generation
child, they’ll be attending school where there are older, wise-guy kids to interpret your dress sense and body language.Talk to teacher Outside of parents’ evening such behaviour will have you marked down as a ‘grass’ and your child will never live
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