A Day Out at Bockett’s Farm Park

Looking for more animal-related days out, back before lockdown, for the kids to enjoy, we wanted to find a place that had a good amount of rides and other activities, allowing Kai, Amelia and Robin to see animals and have a bunch of fun! That’s when we came across Bockett’s Farm Park – a farm and amusement park with soft play, a cafe, indoor animals, out door animals, play grounds and so much more. When spending time at the farm, we ended up being there literally all day, from opening to closing, and we still didn’t see everything!

Bockett’s Farm Park Animals

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Niche perfumes and why they’re so interesting

Everyone likes to smell good. When it comes to scents, it might be a bit overwhelming for both you and your nose to pick out the scents that are best for you, and it feels like that’s why people sometimes gravitate towards big brands and well known scents – you know ones that everyone has. Niche perfumes, by definition, are perfumes that are a bit different – they won’t be the same huge brands you see at your local shops, and instead are smaller lines of perfumes that are often more transparent about how they are made and what goes into them. As niche perfumes are so different, they are actually really interesting as a whole.

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Kid’s Against Maturity – a funny card game | Review

[Ad- gifted product] It’s no secret that we play a lot of board games at our home. Dann and I have a regular board game night, with all of our friends, every other week. The children, seeing and being surrounded by our board game collection, have taken an interest in board games, finding family favorites like the Minecraft Board Game and Flip Out, a game about flipping pancakes. So, when we went to Smyth’s to find Kid’s Against Maturity, they were delighted, and eager to point out all of the board games from Smyth’s that we have already played.

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KiwiCo Tinker Crate – Walking Robot | Review

We received and completed our second KiwiCo Tinker Crate. This time it was a fun little walking robot. Much like previous boxes, it is designed to help kids think about building things, and science, differently. This specific project works towards making an electrical robot that was able to move on its own.

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Knot: A Trilogy – An Audio Experience Played Alone

[Ad- gifted experience] Dann and I have participated in digital, immersive experiences before, primarily with our table top group, to help us come together during Lockdown or when we are apart from each other. Knot felt like it fit into this sort of category – some sort of digital, audio game that only needed one player. It’s an experience, that you can do on your own terms, really, and requires very little set up. Knot: A Trilogy is spread out into three different chapters, that each are best experienced in different locations, at a set time. To participate in these experiences, you need to download an app and activate your ticket, then wait for the time to come.

In the first chapter of Knot is titled you are meant to be on a park bench in public for this experience. Sadly, it was sprinkling the day that I went to experience Knot, so I opted to sit in my back yard, on a bench, in the rain, to compromise. They do advise that you could have created some sort of bench in your own home if it was raining, but I wanted to stay outside at the very least and didn’t think a bunch of rain would make too much of a difference. I laid out a towel, plugged in my earbuds, and waiting for the timer to tick on.

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