I know it’s early to think about Christmas shopping but with the economy in the state it is, this year more than ever, everyone will be wanting to buy toys that are going to be more than a five minute wonder. So following Hamley’s recent guess at what will be the top 10 Christmas toys this year I am going to have at look at those that we might consider buying for our boys. At number 5 on the list is the VTech Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera. So what does it do, is it any good and are there any downsides?

Bumblebee Helmet Hits The Christmas List – In July! Someone must be doing some serious advertising as my 8 year old has started his Christmas list already with the new Bumblebee Toy from Transformers 2 – the Bumblebee Helmet.  He tried to tell me it was only £9.99 but I was way ahead of him [...]

Do you want to feel good that you’re doing your bit for the environment whilst watching your child have fun with some new eco friendly toys? This little guide to green toys for boys will save you the time of trawling the internet and give you a run down of both the eco toys and organic toys that are out there that may be of interest.

Guess what just popped through the letterbox. From the millions of childrens books out there my 8 year old’s grandparents chose “Why Eating BOGEYS Is Good For You”. It looks like they struck gold though because as soon as the envelope was ripped off, he couldn’t put it down.

A couple of weeks ago I tweeted about making time each day to talk to your children. The idea was to ask them big wordly questions, not just about what they had played with their friends or what they had done at school. It was to encourage them to consider issues outside of their normal sphere of influence, to listen to your part of the conversation and to throw questions right back at you.

Last week I then came across a series of posts inspired by Ride The Waves of Life where Mummy Bloggers had interviewed their little ones. The answers were cute and funny and it was fascinating to see the world through a child’s eyes.

We did it. We made the life changing decision, quit our jobs, sold our house and moved lock, stock and barrel to Spain in search of a ‘better’ life. Everything is great. The sun shines, the countryside is beautiful, we are learning the lingo and our 8 year old is in a lovely little village school that only has six other children.

So what do we have to complain about, you ask? The price of the bestselling toys here in Spain is crazy. So as an expat how can you get your child’s favourite toys in Europe?