#WickedWednesday || Hide & Seek

Ru Logic 101

When there's no cardboard box in sight

and you can't empty the laundry basket ....

Just use the next best thing ........

Game Review || Randomise

Aim of the game

The world has gone completely random! You are going to become something ridiculous and must help your team mates guess what you are by describing, drawing or acting your way to victory.

What you’ll need

• The Randomise Game
• 4 or more players (Age 8+)
• Watch or stopwatch
• Pen and paper

How to play

"Split into two teams and alternate taking turns. When it is your turn, you must declare whether you are going for an EASY or HARD challenge, and whether you are going to DESCRIBE, ACT or DRAW your way to victory.
Then select a card from each of the three piles of cards (A, B and C). The opposing team will then give you three random numbers from 1 to 3 (eg. ‘3,1,2’).
Look at the words on the cards that match these numbers to discover your new identity. Card A will always describe you (eg. Happy, Hairy, Vain), card B will tell you what you are (eg. Octopus, Astronaut, Lion) and card C will tell you what you are doing (eg. Eating spaghetti, Playing football, Baking a cake)."

When you are ready, the opposing team will get ready to time your turn, and you will have 30, 60 or 90 seconds to reveal yourself:

• DESCRIBE – You have 30 seconds to use your voice to communicate your identity. You can’t say any of the words on your cards or use rhyming words or letters to give clues.
• ACT – You have 60 seconds to use your body to communicate your identity. You can’t make any noises, point or use any props.
• DRAW – You have 90 seconds to use your artistic skills to communicate the phrase. You can’t draw any letters or numbers.

Your team can shout out as many guesses as they like. The aim is to get them to shout out your complete identity before your time is up. Scoring works as follows:

• ALL LEVELS – You get 1 point for every card your team successfully guesses (max 3 per turn)
• EASY turns – You get 1 bonus point if your team shouts out your full identity before your turn is up – eg. ‘Nervous mole eating spaghetti’
• HARD turns – You get 3 bonus points if your team shouts out your full identity.

Stealing bonus points

If your team doesn’t shout out your full identity before the time is up, the opposing team has a chance to steal the bonus points. They can confer, and then have one guess at your full identity. If correct, they steal the bonus points (1 or 3 depending on difficulty level).

Winning the game

The first team to reach 30 points claims victory! But if this team started, then the opposing team will have one turn to equalise/steal the victory. In the case of a draw, you can play sudden death, awarding victory as soon as one team takes the lead after both teams have taken a turn.
With more than a million different random identity combinations possible, every game is different! And once you’ve got the hang of the game, there are plenty of alternative gameplays for you to try…

How we got on

Having my cousin Alex back from Canada for a little while seemed like the perfect opportunity to play this game!

I'd gone through the rules with Noah and he was really eager to play.

We split into teams

Alex & Noah

My dad & Isla

Kelly & myself and the littles just ran around thinking they were playing!

We all decided to just stick to acting and describing the words  as we thought it would be funnier.
If the littles were in bed we'd probably have done a bit of drawing too.
If the pens and paper came out when they were around it wouldn't have ended well!

We haven't laughed so much in ages, we  all really into it and had great fun acting out all the random things.
It was lovely to have such a fun family game with Alex before he flew back to Canada for the next god knows how long!

Something we'll all remember for a long time.

If you like charades, pictionary or articulate then you really should give Randomise a whirl.

It will leave you in stitches! 

The only bad point I'll give it, is the price.

For just a pack of cards I think £9.99 is a little steep. Not something I would jump at

if looking for a game to play with the family.

If it came with extras that helped play the game, such as a timer, notepad to use when drawing.

I don't want to leave it on a bad note so ill end with a positive - I really enjoyed playing Randomise, and look forward to playing it again.

If you fancy a fun night in with the family you can buy it from Amazon 

www.randomisegame.com

Wish List || Ru-Bear Is Turning Two

So my little Ru-Bear is turning two next month!!

All feels a little too crazy, as it only feels like yesterday that I found out I was pregnant with him!

I enjoyed doing my Birthday wish list so much I decided I would do it for the boys birthdays too.

Ru's is the first birthday of the year, so here's his....

I'm planning to buy this kitchen from Asda for him, as he's shown an interesting in pretend play, specially when it comes to making cups of tea.

So hopefully this should be perfect. Along with the kitchen you can buy matching bits such as the plate set and tea set!

Ru is a big fan of finding spaces to hide away in, usually its in a cardboard box, so when I saw this paperpod rocket I instantly thought of him, he'd love it! I'm also in love with this Teepee from Wildfire Teepee  , you can get both of these from Notonthehighstreet.com.

Whilst browsing one of my favourite online shops - the-pippa-and-ike-show.com I came across these lovely bunch of goodies! 

I love this Animal tea party set as its much more colourful and fun compared to the Asda one, and Ru is very into his animals at the moment.
For the same reason as the tea set these animal nesting dolls set would be a hit with him too.
Great for small hands to hold and will make a great addition to a child's bedroom!

The gorgeous Little Nulle soft toy from Luckyboysunday is just too cute not to want!
There is currently a 20% discount off all Luckyboysunday items valid until the end of March when you apply - 

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At the checkout!

Bear bedding - Cot sized for my little bear cub just seems obvious ....No?

Ru is a bit low on Pyjamas that actually fit him.
He's currently making his Pyjamas from his 1st birthday last (I've actually had to cut the toys of his Babygro's to make them last - trying to be nifty but ending up more trampy!)

These from Next would fit the bill nicely.
Next Pyjamas always last us and always look good as new after a few thousand washes!

Last but not least, you can't have a gift guide with out a few good books!

We love books and always enjoying buying new ones!
Ru is loving bedtime stories at the moment and we've read all the books in his room, so new books is a must!

#MySundayPhoto || Black & White

A very rare selfie.

I dislike going in front of the camera, I'd much rather be behind it. 

I was trying to just snap our tops but the out takes looked much better than what was intended.

#MyWildOnes || Ru the destroyer

The twins are just getting over tonsillitis and this morning Ru woke up with a high temperature.

So we haven't really been out much apart from yesterday but I didn't manage to snap any pictures of them as I was far too busy perfecting my mug painting skills!

These photos were taken whilst playing with Ru in his room playing as daddy was too busy watching the racing down stairs.

Ru at the moment is very into lining things up, so when I saw these lovely tower blocks in Tiger I knew he would love them! 

Review || BLOKPOD

Living in a house over run with small little men I made myself, we have a mountain of Lego hidden away in a dozen or so boxes stashed all around the house! 

One of my hates, is that when playing with Lego its near impossible to find the brick you really want with out emptying the whole box all over the floor making a mess that no one really wants to tidy up as it will result in you stepping on one of the deadly little things!

With the Blokpod that is no longer the case.

The blokpod will sort all the bricks into separate parts so that when looking for say a tiny brick, you can head straight to the bottom compartment and hey voilà there it is.

No more mess, no more agro!

To sort your Lego / or any other building bricks you may have floating around your house, all you have to do is pour it into the top and then shake the blokpod from side to side and all the bricks will sort themselves out, thanks to the different sized grids separating the different compartments!

Blokpod is an all in one product.

There are no extra parts to buy or parts to replace

Blokpod offers much more space compared to other storage solutions and can hold considerably more bricks.

Blokpod sorts bricks of all sizes and brands.

Blokpod is crafted from durable plastic to withstand the most aggressive enthusiast.

Blokpod is adaptive with more add ons being released all the time for your existing unit.

Blokpod comes with a money back guarantee and an industry leading 15 year WARRANTY

Blokpod has a simple twist top.

Blokpod cleans up in an instant

Noah loved sorting his Lego out, and I have to say I think I enjoyed it a little too much, I can see our Lego building days becoming much more easier, now that everything is sorted into size order and that we can just take the blokpod apart rather than throwing it all over the floor.

 Tidying away will be seen as a game rather than a chore!

We filled the blokpod with two of Noah's filled to the rim Lego boxes and as you can see there is still lots more room to add even more bricks too.

His room is now a little less cluttered looking and his Lego is nicely displaced in his new funky blokpod.

So its really worth its weight in gold!

If like us you are a Lego loving family, this is a must buy!

It would also make a great gift for the Lego crazed family member that has too much Lego to know what to do with.

Why this storage solution wasn't thought of a long time ago is beyond me!

You can order from Amazon for £44.99

To get a 20% discount code all you need to do is pop over to www.blokpod.com and subscribe!!

**I was sent the product for free, in return for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

#WickedWednesday || Snot Face

I took Ru to the park the other day, cold air and toddles noses always result in them looking like the bogey man!

As soon as he got in he popped on his 9- 12 month old raincoat that I keep meaning to get rid of. Then as soon as he sat down for lunch ......

Sleep came aknocking!!