You know you live in a great city when you can satisfy your child’s urge to see all things fishy with a trip to the Brighton SeaLife Centre (which, fact finders, is the world’s oldest aquarium). This is where the ‘Octonauts’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ come to life. The newest addition which opened this week is the ‘Rainforest Adventure’…a chance to discover what lives in the swamps and jungles underneath the rainforest canopy…and a chance […]

We’re big fans of chocolate here at Little Button Diaries, and Easter is the time when we get most excited about it. For us, the supreme Easter chocolate is a Cadbury’s Crème Egg. We’re always a little bit sad when they’re no longer sitting temptingly at the supermarket checkout. So in a bid to not panic buy all the Crème Eggs before Easter, we devised our own version. And we were pleasantly surprised to find it was super easy to recreate! To make 6 […]

This January saw the UK premiere of cool and quirky children’s brand from Iceland - Tulipop. Created in 2010 by celebrated Icelandic illustrator Signy Kolbeinsdóttir — and brought to market with her best friend, Helga Arnadottir — Tulipop is aimed at 4-8 year olds, but is set to be equally as popular with adults who have an eye for distinctive design and quality. Together, Signy and Helga have created an enchanting world, which challenges the […]

This week Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has spoken in the news about the need for a greater emphasis on structured learning within school-based nurseries. “More than two-thirds of our poorest children - and in some of our poorest communities that goes up to eight children out of 10 - go to school unprepared”. Dear Sir Michael Wilshaw, I do not want my children being put under academic pressure BEFORE they start school. Why can’t […]

Whether you’re a parent or not, sometimes you just want a quick, simple dish to prepare, to fill one or more hungry tummies. It’s obviously key to tick the box for good nutritional value as well as a speedy feed. Using quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) ticks a big box as it’s high in protein, which is vital for rebuilding muscle tissue broken down through normal bodily functions. To help promote lean muscles and well as aid […]

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This weekend saw people flocking from far and wide to Hove Centre for all things vegan and veggie. VegFestUK celebrated everything vegan, from food to clothes, gifts and toiletries. I’m not vegan, but attended because I wanted to sample the food to see whether the negative stereotypes were true that I’ve heard over the years (you know the age-old, ridiculous jokes about vegans only eating leaves and cardboard). I was also interested in the free veggie speed […]

Front page news this weekend was that same sex couples are finally afforded the right to get legally wed in the UK and couples in Brighton were among the first in the country to exchange their vows. And we happened to get caught up in some of the festivities. We were strolling past the pier when we became distracted by a group performing a dance routine to a group of onlookers. Which they were. Only […]

The Little Button Diaries blog is a finalist in the search for Best Craft Blog Local mums Laura Minter and Tia Williams are celebrating this week after reaching the finals of the UK’s prestigious MAD Blog Awards. Tia and Laura have reached the finals of the fifth annual Mum and Dad (MAD) Blog Awards, which celebrate the UK’s thriving parent blogging community. Their blog, Little Button Diaries – littlebuttondiaries.com – is one of five finalists […]

Mark Every, 42, lives in Marham, North Norfolk, with his two-year-old son, Joseph. He lost his wife Joanna to cancer six months ago. Joanna and Mark met while they were both serving in the Royal Air Force at Marham, North Norfolk, in 2002. She was 21 years old and joining her first operational Squadron in the RAF, while he had travelled all over the world as a military engineer. They were sent to many countries […]