Sometimes I find myself day dreaming about where in the world I’d like to visit. I’ve been lucky to travel long haul a couple of times, but I’ve rarely ventured out of Europe. There are a few places still on my bucket list, but I’m going to share with you some of the best places I’ve been lucky enough to travel to. If you’re unsure of the places you might want to visit why not take a quick quiz by Karcher about monuments around the world – it might inspire you.
- First on my list is the Statue of Liberty in New York. I’ve been to Manhattan twice and I absolutely love it. It’s my favourite place I’ve visited and I would go back every year if I could. I dream of one day returning when my kids are grown up to show them the amazing sights and landmarks.
- Another from New York (sorry I couldn’t include only one landmark in this list). The Empire State Building – with a twist. We were given a tip while in NYC, don’t go up the Empire State Building, go up the Rockefeller Centre. That way you can see the whole of the Empire State Building! We did exacyly this and we went up at the perfect time – sunset. I captured some amazing photographs and saw the city light up as it got dark. Stunning.
- Thailand is the furthest I’ve travelled to. 13 hours in total to get to Phuket. I was a little nervous about visiting somewhere so far away and with such a different culture. I don’t have a varied diet so I was worried about eating the food. Turns out Thai food is my favourite and I had no problems eating every day! While in Phuket we visited the Big Buddha. A beautiful landmark of an overwhelming size.
- This may not be as famous as the other landmarks I’ve mentioned but this one holds a special place in my heart. The The Medieval Castle of Paphos in Cyprus is where my husband proposed to me! It was such a beautiful setting for a proposal. My husband wasn’t keen on doing it in public so he was lucky to find a little bench away from the tourists where he could pop the question in private.
- Finally, I can’t write a list of my favourite landmarks without including somewhere in London. A city I love. I’ve been on The London Eye twice. Once when I was on my babymoon when pregnant with Lamb, and again more recently when we went on a press trip with Garfunkles. Lamb absolutley loved it and when he sees a photos he always talks about how much he enjoyed going on it. Sometimes you don’t have to travel to the other side of the world to visit beautiful landmarks and make happy memories.
What are your favourite landmarks or places you’ve visited?
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3. Lamb was recently sent the amazing 
to review. I’ve decided to include it on the Christmas gift guide because we are super impressed with it. It’s quite small and really lightweight so the perfect first bike for Lamb to get practicing on. He took to it straight away and seemed to get the hang of turning etc. I think this is really well priced at only £24.95. I’ll be writing a full review on the blog in a few weeks but thought I would give it a quick mention now as we think it would make a great toddler gift.
4. Lamb absolutely loves his car mat. We bought one from Ikea and it was only £10 but its’s quite small and doesn’t have much road for him to drive his cars on. I definitely wish I got a bigger one that would entertain him for longer. I’ve found this 
5. Ok, so this is more of a summer toy, but Lamb uses his slide all year round. He got this 
for his birthday land plays with it every time he’s in the garden. At the moment you can get it on Amazon for around £90, which is quite pricey, but it’s bigger than some of the other toddler slides so will last longer. It can also be folded away for easy storage. No matter what the weather, Lamb is outside as much as he can playing with his garden toys.
1. This has to be one of Lambs favourite toys. Well, it’s not really a toy, it’s a bag, but he loves to carry his toys around in it! Mr Tumble is a household favourite with most toddler, so what more would they want then their very own 
! I think this will be a hit with any tumble fan. I bought Lambs from Tesco, but you can grab one on Amazon for £14.97.
2. We all know toddlers love to get involved with housework (it’s probably the only time our kids want to help us!) so a hoover is a fab gift. We got Lamb this 
from Tesco, which you can also get on Amazon for £15.96. It’s so realistic Lmab actually thinks he’s hoovering with me. Whenever I hoover the house he always say “Jaxson get my hoover” and helps me! There’s 2 buttons for sound/effects. On on the front that makes the balls spin around the drum and one on the back for sound (which I didn’t know about for ages!
3. Lamb is absolutely obsessed with his train set right now. If you have a 2 year old child this Christmas, that doesn’t own a wooden train set, buy them one! There’s so many out there and I’d say they are all of a similar standard. Lamb has the Big City one from ELC, but it’s more than £20 so I can’t include it in this gift guide. I’ve found this 
on Amazon for £19.90 – bargain! 
4. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen the odd photo of Lamb walking his trolley to the supermarket and back. It’s one of his favourite things to do! He gets so many looks and comments while he’s ‘doing his shopping’ because he looks so damn cute while he’s helping mummy shop. We bought his shopping trolley from B&M Bargains for around £15 but it’s not on their website so I’ve found this 
from Amazon for £13.99. With the extra pretend food items, I think that’s a really good price.
1. Probably one of Lambs favourite toys I’ve ever bought him are his 
. You should of seen his face when he got them for his birthday. Mister Maker is one of his favourite programmes and he’s obsessed with the shapes. For a good 6 months he carried these around with him everywhere. If your little one loves the shapes as much as Lamb, you can’t fail with these bath squirters. Total bargain for £6.95.
2. More Melissa & Doug of course (I’m obsessed). Their wooden stamping kits are lovely. There’s lots of different ones, but I couldn’t resist this 
4. Ok, so Christmas is a little cold for garden toys, but Lamb still loves running around the garden with his toy lawn mower. This isn’t the exact one he has, but I thought this was a really good deal as you get the accessories with it! Perfect for boys or girls, this will be sure to last the year and get them outside and away from Cbeebies! You can grab this 
from Amazon for £9.29.
from Amazon. Plus it doesn’t make any sounds (which I wish Lambs didn’t).
