Do you know where this picture was taken?

·         Thorpe Park

·         Chessington World of Adventures

·         Alton Towers

·         Legoland

·         Warwick Castle

·         Madame Tussuads

·         Lego Discovery Centre

All you  need to do is have a go at guessing the correct answer in the comments section (below) and if you get it right, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a Merlin Annual Pass.  

The deadline for entries is this Friday so get guessing!

Visit Norway are looking for outdoorsy, ordinary people to be the face of their next postcards.

Not only do winners get to feature on the cards, they also win a photo shoot in Northern Norway.

All fans have to do to enter is to upload their photo to mock postcards.

Feel free to enter here: http://www.facebook.com/postcardmodels.

The past year has been tough for everyone, with food prices, bills and unemployment levels on the rise (not to mention the horrendous weather we’ve had recently!) but none more so than for parents bringing up children.

Andrex want to help alleviate some of the financial woes people are facing, and give families some extra money to allow them spend more quality time together.

Andrex is giving people the chance to enter into a draw to win their mortgage (or rent) payments for an entire year – up to the value of £12,000. 

The promotion is running on special packs of Andrex, for one week only in ASDA stores from the 15th of March. Simply sign up at www.andrexpuppypoints.co.uk/asda, enter the code on the inside of pack and you will qualify to one free entry to the competition

So in short …

Step 1 – Buy your special promotional pack of Andrex from ASDA stores from the 15th March (for one week only)

Step 2 – Go to www.andrexpuppypoints.co.uk/asda and sign up

Step 3 – Enter the code on the inside of pack and you will qualify for one free entry into the competition

This is a sponsored post

Rose at Doodle bread asked us to try out a Doodle Bread kit this week. We had great fun as you can see from the photos.

Doodle Bread has shapes running through every slice.

The colour from Doodle Bread mixes come from powdered vegetables, seeds and grains so it won’t send the kids doolally!

The kit was so easy to use and the step by step instructions ensured that we put our ‘doodle’ in the right place! it was really messy which made it even more exciting, the 3 year old especially liked getting his hands in there.

Once baked they ate the lot in one go. The 3 year old particularly liked the beetroot coloured star in the middle.

The Doodle Bread kit was a real winner and something we’ll definitely use again … in fact we’re going to try out this chocolate and vanilla star loaf recipe next time.

If you’d like the chance to win your own Doodle Bread ‘make your own bread that doesn’t look like anyone else’s in the world, ever’ kit then please leave a comment below. A winner will be picked my my ever present independent adjudicator (aged 5) on Friday 12 February. Open to UK residents only.

Secret Abilities … everyone has them.

Take the husband for example, he can mimic things. He can do ‘the till at IKEA’, Donald Duck and a dolphin which is really useful in our every day life. I think he’s channeling Sgt Larvelle Jones from Police Academy. Clearly he has too much time on his hands.

My secret ability? Well I can spread my toes like a monkey. Not many people can do it … I state proudly as if everyone would love to. Fortunately for you guys I am not about to demonstrate my ability as a) I haven’t painted my toenails in the last three months recently and b) I don’t think Rosie Scribble could take any more video footage of my family, let alone my feet, this week!

So, do you have a secret ability? … or know someone who has (no matter how small). Share it and you could win a prize of £1000. If you don’t have a secret ability, you can always try to fool the judges – you may find that they simply want to believe. Enter here.

Here is an example of a dog with secret abilities. It can actually smell true love. If only it were my dog, I could make a fortune.

I got so distracted with making dinner that I almost forgot about the competition. I had to whip up a bolognese sauce whilst writing names on pieces of paper and folding them. Just call me Mrs Multi-Task.

With our independent adjudicator present, who happened to be asleep at the time, the 5 year old pulled a name out of the pink Disney Minnie ear hat. She shut her eyes in a professional ‘no peeky’ fashion and didn’t even let her brother’s snoring distract her.

So without further ado and waffling the winner is …

Who has won …

2 nights for 2 adults and 2 children (aged 11 or under) at the 4* Best Western in Stoke on Trent including B&B and a 1 day family pass to Alton Towers for a family of 4. The total prize value is £300

Congratulations to Wife of Bold and thank you to everyone who entered.

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Don’t forget to check out English Mum’s face-lift … well her blog’s face-lift, she doesn’t need one! www.englishmum.com … launched today don’t you know.

So, hot on the heels of Amy at & 1 More means Four, Peggy at Pefectly Happy Mum and Zooarchaeologist at Being A Mummy I’m running a competition with Andrex Puppy Points.

Could they have read my recent post ‘Camping Tale – Poo and Ponder‘ and thought I was the woman for the job? I could teach you all a thing or two about toilet paper origami!

Anyway on with business …

The prize is 2 nights for 2 adults and 2 children (aged 11 or under) at the 4* Best Western in Stoke on Trent including B&B and a 1 day family pass to Alton Towers for a family of 4. The total prize value is £300.

The rules;

… The competition is open to UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and ROI residents only

… To get one entry you must add a comment to this post stating that you wish to enter the competition

… To get a second entry you need to follow this blog (up there to the right … see all those happy faces?)

… and finally you can get a third entry by posting the link to this giveaway on your blog

On Wednesday 5 August 2009 the winner will be pulled out of a hat by the 5 year old or the 3 year old dependent on who is not throwing a tantrum/jumping on the trampoline/having a poo at the time.

So what are you waiting for? Get commenting …

Andrex has created a fantastic rewards promotion called ‘Puppy Points’. Designed to treat you as well as your family to some special everyday rewards without the financial worry, Puppy Points is running on special packs of Andrex that are available in stores across the UK and through a dedicated website www.andrexpuppypoints.co.uk.