When I was pregnant the first time I read every mother and baby magazine out there religiously.  I made lists of what we needed and bought almost everything off it.  The planner in me kicked in and I wanted to be prepared for every eventuality.  Somehow a Jumperoo passed me by.  Maybe it was because it was one of those items you don’t need for a newborn and in my pregnant state I was focusing on those first few weeks. My sister in law opened my eyes to the wonder of a Jumperoo as she had one for my nephew…

I have to admit in the past I have not been the biggest fan of character clothing.  In my head I had the image of huge prints that looked like they had been stuck on poor quality t-shirts.  My mum laughed at me when I insisted O would never be wearing character clothes.  Obviously she realised I was saying one of those daft things people say before they actually have kids because the reality is children actually really like wearing their favourite cartoon characters on their clothes.  O was on cloud nine for about a week when I bought him…

My eldest son is a huge Lightning McQueen fan.  I still don’t think he’s quite forgiven me for not allowing him to have a Lightning McQueen themed bedroom, although we did compromise on a few Cars wall stickers.  On our recent visit to Disneyland Paris one of his absolute highlights was watching the Motor Stunt Show, especially when his favourite red car made an appearance. When we were given the opportunity to review the Disney Cars Mack Truck Playset along with a couple of Disney Cars Vehicles I couldn’t think of a better boy to put it through its paces.  O…