Methord 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 2. Put 175g of sugar and all of the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the bueer and use you fingers to rub it in together keep rubbing until your mixture looks like breadcrumbs.

I love the summer holidays, it feels great to be able to do whatever you want whenever you want. One of my favorite things to do is go trampolining. not the kind where everyone is doing triple front flips and double back flips but when you just bounce around playing dodge ball, basketball and jumping off trampolines into foam pits.



There are 3 trampolining parks that I have visited, spring city, velocity and jump nation. I have really enjoyed all three of these places and I'm glad to hear there are plans for another one to be built more locally to us. There are benefits to all three of these parks. Spring city is the closest to us and has basketball, a large trampolining area, an air bag, and is particularly child-friendly as the younger bouncers are required to wear bibs, warning others to be more careful around them. Jump nation has one of the biggest foam pits and the trampolines are bouncier than the others, it also has an area that is just for younger children so that they cannot be hurt by others. Finally velocity, this is my favorite, as well as a foam pit and basketball the staff are really friendly, one of the things they do is have organised games of dodgeball.



Dodgeball  is originally an American game that has become more and more popular in England over the years. It is traditionally played on a hard surface but has recently been adapted to be played on trampolines, this makes the game more challenging and energetic, and a lot more fun. The staff organises the game splitting those who want to play into 2 teams. If there is to many people participating they make sure everyone gets a go. They then begin the game and continue to referee making sure everyone is playing fairly and that the rules are followed, this means everyone is able to have fun playing dodgeball. The staff are very willing to have fun and participate in the game making the experience more enjoyable for everyone.



It is advisable to book velocity beforehand online, as it is very popular it is often full. To book online just visit their website http://velocitygb.com/  it cost just £9,00 for an hour of free bouncing if you would like double the fun it costs just £5,00 for the consecutive hour. You can bounce Monday to Sunday 10 till 9, check out the website for full details. These are great price's to give your kids the hour of fun and exercise that's missing in their summer holidays. Velocity also offers sports classes, parties and get fit classes.

My cousin who also writes a blog was gifted a game called Randomise so when the weather was bad and we were looking for something to do we decided to play Randomise. Randomise is a really handy travel sized game, all you need is 4 players and you will have loads of fun and millions of laughs. We all had a great time playing the game and it was a great excuse just to sit down and have a great time with all the family of all ages.

There were 6 of us playing from 7 to 70 and everyone said they had a great time playing it. So we split into two teams of three, on my team there was me, my mum and auntie and on the other team was my cousin, brother and grandma. My cousin thought they were at a slight disadvantage as everyone but her could barely stand with laughter on her team and my team were experts after the first round and so we obviously won!

During the game we had to act, draw and describe a string of three words these could be people, emotions and actions. There was a pile of A, B and C cards and you had to take one from each and the the other team would give you 3 numbers from one to three and they would refer to the numbers on the cards. You scored points for the amount of words you guessed, 1 for each word and 4 points if you got the whole sentence. If you didn't get the whole sentence the other group will get 1 guess at it and if they do you will get 1 bonus point.


We often play family board games when we are together and this was one of the funniest,  especially when Grandma had to act out a poor blackbird reading a newspaper this had us all in fits of laughter.

You scored points for the amount of words you guessed and 4 if you got the whole sentence, you had to be the first to 30 to win and the competition got really close. Our family is really competitive and so as the point racket up the tension rose. The game became funnier as people were more desperate to get the points for their teams and the acting and drawing became even worse and the people who were describing were speechless. Finally we won and the other team were not happy then began the accusations of cheating. All in all I think the game was a great success in our family and we all loved it and would happily play again.

I think one of the best things about the game was that everyone no matter what age they are can take part in the game and the word are easy enough to read and understand meaning the youngest players still feel involved as well as being able to take part in the guessing, acting, drawing and describing of the game. There was also 2 options on the cards so you could go hard or easy which gave every one of all skills can feel challenged by the game. You also had the choice of acting, drawing and describing meaning everyone could play to their strengths as well as different time limits for each activity meaning no matter what you did it was fair and no one was at an advantage. You can also write some of your own cards, there is three sets of A, B and C card on which you can chose your own ideas this is a really good idea as it mean you are able to personalise the game and put your own ideas into it.


I think one of the few improvements that could have been made in the game would be for it to include a timer as each activity has a different time limit. 30 seconds for describing, 1 minute for acting and 90 seconds for drawing. I think it would be easier and really add to the game is it came with a timer that could time all activities. I think this is one of the only improvements to the game and it is a great size to travel with as well as one that all the family feel part of when played. I think that Randomise creates hilarious memories and is great for family time.