Thursday, 4 August 2011

Gorgeously Different Gift Ideas! With Love From Great British Designers xxx

We are so excited to be telling you about another of our new ventures...

www.peekaboogifts4kids.co.uk has recently joined the gorgeous designers at www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk to show case our peekaboopets and other gorgeous baby and children's products.
www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk invite you to browse through their easy to use website and choose from a large selection of beautiful, stylish and unique hand made gift ideas created by the best of Eco Friendly British Designer Makers & Artisans

Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous Mission Statement Is:

Thrive in the art of giving beautiful things to those you love………………for a gift less ordinary.

So if you are looking for a gift that is a little different and unique or a UK designer who wants to showcase their work on a site where you are in company of fine, and gorgeously different products then http://www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk/peekaboogifts4kids_14182-products.asp

Is the place for you.

Come on over for a peek to the peekaboogifts4kids boutique

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Win a Peekaboo Pet- This years New Brand of Children's Toy

Hey Peekaboo Pet Lovers,
It may seem like an eternity away until Christmas, but it will be here in a flash- and we all know the best toys on the market get snapped up so quickly, so we are offering a solution...

Here at Peekaboogifts4kids we are giving away our brand new Peekaboo Pet Lola, so whether you have a child's birthday coming up, the impending birth of a baby or you are super organised for Christmas this is the competition for you.

Our Peekaboo Pet Lola, is a perfect gift for any little boy or girl- she is bright red with white polka dots, has a funky pair of bright button eyes. (we can create these eyes out of felt if the present is for a young child) and smiles from ear to ear

All of our peekaboo pets are lovingly handmade using socks (don't worry they are clean!) the designs are bright and colourful and appeal to children and adults young and old.

Why not take a look at our full range on our website, you would be most welcome to pop over for a peek http://www.peekaboogifts4kids.co.uk/Wholesale-peekaboo-pets.html

So how do you enter?
It's easy peasy ...

1. Share this link on your face book page- saying "I want to win a Peekaboo Pet with Peekaboogifts4kids" with a link to this blog

2. Tweet "I want to win a #Peekaboopet with @peekaboo2006" and include a link to our blog

3. Leave a comment below

4. Add a link to our blog from yours

Our Peekaboo Pet competition will run during the whole of August and will close on Tuesday 6th September 2011 so you have plenty of time to enter.

Winners will be announced our blog, Twitter and Face Book on Tuesday 6th September 2011- you can enter as many times as you like, the more times you enter, the more you share our competition the higher your chance of winning Lola the Giraffe from Peekaboo Pets.

Good luck and happy tweeting, blogging, and facebooking

Bye for now
Peekaboogifts4kids xxx

Friday, 29 July 2011

Musings at the Peekaboo Pet HQ

Evening Folks

I am feeling very guilty that My poor blog has been very neglected over the last couple of months. I have set my new challenge to try and blog at least once a week if not more...

So watch this space...

So what's been happening since we last spoke? Well... kidlet number two has turned three, and has hit the terrible two's exactly a year late. We love him to bits, but is proving very demanding at the moment- I often just sit in his room when he is fast asleep and remind myself how gorgeous and perfect he is. Occasionally in the day I sometimes forget these qualities to his personality especially when he is throwing himself on the floor in the supermarket. Why do the older generation always look knowingly then utter awww he's probably just tired isn't he- NOOOOOOOO he's just being down right painful because he can't have a packet of sweets!

I remember kidlet number one going through exactly the same, I would drag her back to the car- both of us hot and sticky and full to the brim with tears- I would usually then spend the journey home sobbing, and asking myself what I was doing wrong, and how I could have diffused the situation. These days- I just try to stay as calm as I can, and tell myself "It's just a phase and he WILL grow out of it"

It's the little things that make everything worth while, today we had friends over- I was running late and was still getting ready when my friend and her children arrived. They had a belated birthday present for kidlet number two. I heard squeals of delight as he opened his toy story lunch bag and drinks cup. The then proceeded to give everybody kisses saying "Oh Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much"

It was so lovely to just stand back and listen to my gorgeous little boy being so polite and well mannered- without mummy or daddy bear barking "what do you say?"

It makes all the time that we spend trying to teach our children manners worth every second.

Kidlet number One has just finished her first year of school. It feels like minutes since she started- this time last year I was frantically ironing in labels into her uniform- literally if anything stood still long enough, a label would be ironed onto it!

She has had the most fantastic year at school, with an amazing and nurturing teacher and teaching assistants. I remember being so nervous on her first day, watching her go into the school doors, and letting go of a little more of that umbilical cord. It seems to be getting longer and longer these days. In the last year we have experienced play dates away from mummy and daddy bear- all these things are milestones in our children's lives that when they are babies you just don't think about.

It has been a wonderful experience to sit back and watch kidlet Number 1 blossom as the year has gone on. To listen to the delight in her voice when she comes home to tell us she has been on a bear hunt, or out looking for the gruffalo. She is developing into a beautiful little person, who is bubbly and confident. Daddy bear and I were bursting with pride last week when her first school report came home- we did think that it has perhaps gotten mixed up with someone elses, as it read "Kidlet 1 is a delight to have in the class, she is eager to learn, shares beautifully with her peers, and loves to help to tidy up!" HUH!!!! Is this the same kidlet that lives with us? Apparently so!

I find it very hard letting Kidlet 1 go to other peoples houses to play without myself or daddy bear. I hadn't realised what an emotional pull this would be, although I know I have to set my children free, it's sometimes hard to let go.
I have met lots of lovely mummies on the playground, who I truly believe will become life long friends. We have a monthly meet up of yummy mummy's which we have christened as FOW (friends of wine)

The first meet up was in November I think, I organised this at peekaboo HQ, and it was all very Serene, and everyone was on their best behaviour- since then we have started showing our true colours, and a year on I have just hosted another. This time we had complaints from our elderly neighbours, wanting to know why there was a hoard of adults bouncing on the trampoline at 12.30 in the morning!!!

Ta ta for now xxx

Monday, 23 May 2011

Life here at Peekaboo: Daisy the Cow Peekaboo Pet

Life here at Peekaboo: Daisy the Cow Peekaboo Pet: "Hey there followers, I snapped this quick video of one of the little peeps talking about Daisy the Cow! It is by no means edited- it's just..."

Daisy the Cow Peekaboo Pet

Hey there followers,
I snapped this quick video of one of the little peeps talking about Daisy the Cow! It is by no means edited- it's just as it happened! We hope you enjoy having a peek

Don't forget you can buy your very own Daisy the Cow at http://www.peekaboogifts4kids.co.uk/

Daisy is just £17.99 and she comes in her very own special keepsake box, and personalised poem if you so desire

Daisy the Cow

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Peekaboogifts4kids go egg rolling!

Wow what a busy few weeks we've had here at peekaboogifts4kids HQ, the kidlets have both been off school and pre-school. The weather has been gorgeous, and we have enjoyed many happy days outdoors just being together and having fun.
There is nothing quite like, having a lovely long day of adventures, coming home exhausted in the car- smelling of suncream, with sand between your toes.

Some of the highlights so far was our family tradition of egg rolling with Granny, Pipi, Uncle Paul, Sofia and Harry the dog- (unfortunately Mia and Bex couldn't make it as poor little Mia had chicken pox and felt very poorly)
We painted our eggs early on Easter morning with lots of bright colours and placed them in our Easter basket. We then trekked to our nearest wood- and found a perfect egg rolling hill. The sun dappling through the trees, and the smell of pungent wild garlic just added to the serenity of the day.

The competition commenced, eggs were hurled down the hill with great force, any passing squirrel winced and scurried past, lucky to not have had their head knocked off with afore mentioned stinky egg! "Harry the dog" our gorgeous little shit zhu, found it very amusing to chase the eggs down the hill, and tried a couple of times to eat the eggs, much to the annoyance of the kidlets.

A lovely family bbq followed this yearly tradition, as a little girl, the hi-light of Easter would always be the egg rolling and bbq rather than the delicious chocolate eggs. I hope our own kidlets pass on this tradition to their children and grandchildren and keep the tradition going.