So when Oreo got in touch about their Double Stuff Oreo Lick Race I was really excited – I love Oreo’s its a retro biscuit for me reminds me of my early care free twenties in California, good times.  Oreo is challenging families to upload their attempts to www.oreolickrace.co.uk and be in with a chance of winning a VIP family trip to Florida.  So when the double stuff biscuits arrived I thought it would be fun for the whole family to have a go – a rare in front of the camera in full audio visual glory is Cheshire Mum and Family … but before you view let just recap what the lick race is…

Each racer need a glass of milk and an Oreo Cookie, the Lick Race gets two family members (my vlog is probably ineligible due to excessive racers!) competiting to finish their Oreo first by following these six simple steps:

First you twist, then you lick the creme filling, takes a bit of doing with the double filling yum though, then once you have shown the “clean” cookie to your opponent, you dunk it in cold milk. Next you eat the cookie and finally, you drink your milk.

Upload your video before July 31st for a chance to win or if you’d rather be a spectator you can take your chance and enter for daily prizes like a Nintendo Wii just by watching.  Video’s have to be less than 50mb, so far I have managed to get this down to 53mb so I’m yet to enter – if anyone can advise let me know!

So, are you sitting comfortably?  Well let’s begin!  I give you Cheshire Family and the Oreo Lick Race!

Click to see more Oreo Lick Races, you can also follow Oreo on Twitter @Oreo and over on Facebook.com/Oreo

Cheshire Mum was provided with an Oreo Goodie Box including Flip Video Camera but these words and opinions are all mine!

Yesterday we moved house.  After nine very happy years, one wedding (ours!), two children (ours!), countless parties, celebrations and hangovers it is time for a new family to live here – we hope you will be as happy as we have.  Over the years we changed, remodelled and decorated every part of Lancaster Towers, I love what we did and whilst I’m excited about a new project and blank canvas to start again with it has been a great home to us, let me show you round … this is where we were:

Welcome to Lancaster Towers, the first thing we did was laid wooden floor throughout the ground floor, on the diagonal something a bit different.  Through the living room into the dining conservatory and out into our courtyard garden, all our plants are now flowering and they’ve come with us to the new place but never have I had to do any jobs in the garden at the weekend.  Those days are over, but boy there were good!

At the front of the house is the twenty-thousand swear word kitchen, whilst the process of getting this kitchen was, well utter nightmare doesn’t come close, my goodness its good, like really, really good.  Whilst small all the modern storage solutions and systems made the most of every centimeter, we moved the washing machine upstairs to make more room, oh and  I had a kettle tap, instant boiling water – LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!  What do you think?

Upstairs we go to the first floor, note the stair lights on every other step – bargain – £75 on eBay and Mr L fitted them.  Here’s the children’s bathroom, we did this at the same time as the kitchen, a mistake in hindsight.  The big orange hammock is a toy hammock from Ikea I use it for bath toys, I’ve left it for the new owners as it goes with the bathroom.  Its about 99p but I am definitely getting another one.  Underfloor heating also cleared up children’s bath time splashes quickly, also on the must have list for the the place.

Then Lil H and Baby G’s bedrooms – can you guess which is which?!

Up to the second floor and this is where the magic happens *snort* well we collapse in a heap of tiredness, watch telly, surf the Internet, plan holidays, stress about things big and small – you know the usual.  The en-suite is probably about 7 years old, but I still love its natural theme and the pebble border remains one of my favourite things in the house.

So there you have it a through the keyhole look at our before house – where we were – what we did.  The move went smooth, right back to 1961 with some 1984 highlights, a big garden to keep us busy and now, now I’m off to choose paint.  The plan is to get H and G’s bedrooms painted and the playroom set up and then move them in.  So far so good – so what do you think?  Let me know your thoughts, what should I do again do differently?  Cx

It would appear that I never throw them away.  What is even wierder is that I also seem to buy them.  What’s that all about?  This afternoon I have been clearing out and packing up the cupboard my “office” (there are no windows, you can’t stand up in it but there is a desk, a PC, a printer and its ok to work sat down!)

A long, long, time ago, when “the office” got relocated due to arrival of Baby G there was an orderly box to contain wrapping paper and the like.  Over time this got so full it split, its contents sprawled, got added to and has become a mountain in the corner of gift bags, tags, wrap and ribbons.  Got a birthday – head there – everything you need for wrapping but guaranteed there won’t be either or scissors / sellotape.  They are a separate house wide hunt.

Chucking everything that is unusable I started piling up the gift bags.  I stopped counting at 50 and filled a MASSIVE storage bag.  New baby, Baby Boy, baby girl, First birthday, Christmas, Wedding, Second Birthday, Third Birthday, Fourth Birthday, Generic Birthday, extra large, extra small, middle sized, wine ones, car ones, toy story ones, pirate ones, fairy ones, glittery ones, noisy ones, you name it I HAVE GOT a gift bag for it or with it on – look!

Why?  I have more gift bags than most shops – anyone else a secret gift bag hoarder?!

It has been a while since Lightening and his buddies graced our screens.  He’s been a popular guy in Lil H’s world and his garage is well managed by Mater, Luigi and Co.  We have refreshed our memories of Cars over our Cornwall staycation, it was a six hour car trip home so the portable DVD player came into its own.

This Friday, 22nd July, sees Lightening McQueen return to the big screen and with our house move imminent it is on my list of things Lil’ H would be delighted to do with anyone that would like to take him!  Here’s a sneak peak of what can expect from this Summer from Team Disney/Pixar.  It will be the movie of the Summer – anyone else excited?

Its week 67 for The Gallery over at Tara’s place, the theme is Vintage, which makes me think of clothes, which makes me think of charity shops and a certain wee-esque fragrance.  We are house-move-minus-five-days, I don’t have anything vintage, I don’t have a post.  No worries, I shall enjoy the posts of others with a cup of tea instead and dish out some comment love.  Then it hit me – our new house is 100% vintage 1961 in origin with 1980′s highlights – get in!

By the way I realised my Vintage subject after I had been to the house to take photo’s of radiator locations etc so the shots aren’t great but you can see the potential – right?