I was initially dispirited by the floor cushions that had been laid out in a semicircle out of snack-slinging distance of the host.
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This month, grab your little and lose yourselves in toddler-friendly live music events and spine-chilling Halloween festivities.
There are times when caring for an under-five can feel uncannily similar to caring for a medium-sized dog.
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.
Soak up some culture with your under-5s with vibrant kids’ theatre, creative gallery sessions and immersive music mornings.
There seem to be surprisingly few children’s art sessions that take place in an actual gallery setting, in the presence of actual art.
Going out with the urchins under the pretence that you’re a nice normal family often serves as a startling reminder that the opposite is true.
