These things really do need the insanely fanatical hosts that I instantly want to chloroform to be vaguely bearable.
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I was initially dispirited by the floor cushions that had been laid out in a semicircle out of snack-slinging distance of the host.
This new generation of music-loving parents won’t be fobbed off with naff kids’ discos with their PG playlists and parent-placating bars, and why the hell should they?
This month, grab your little and lose yourselves in toddler-friendly live music events and spine-chilling Halloween festivities.
Anna lives in Leyton with her husband Matt and their daughters Mae, four, and Eve, three months.
The gallery is light, clean – at least for now – and well designed, with lots of clever touches to keep small people interested.
My heart sank when she immediately began poking around the set like a peeping tom in the girls’ changing room.
After a lot of running around brandishing her painty weapons, Bab thankfully decided against a dirty protest.
My excitement about trying out a new, gallery-based activity was pretty evenly matched by a fairly strong sense of foreboding.
Everything here was child-friendly provided Bab didn’t spend so long playing with it that she found ways for it to not be.
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