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Marvel Cinematic Universe Quick Review

August 1, 2021Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ant Man, Black Widow, Black Widow Review, Captain America, films, Iron Man, Loki, marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel movies, marvel review, MCU, MCU fans, review, Spider Man, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, thematic sequence, ThorLeave a comment

Something a bit different on our blog today but after sharing online in a couple of spaces that I was about to delve into watching the Marvel films, I had messages and comments from MCU fans wanting to know how I got on.

The important thing to note here is that I had seen some of the films, all the Iron Man films, Ant Man, one Captain America and one Thor. However these were once and far between so I had no idea of how they knitted together as part of the MCU.

I decided to watch them in an order suggested on the AMC article with an added Black Widow entry placement thanks to my friend Tim Lewis. I actually managed to get this in at the right time as I was just a couple of movies away as I approached it in the sequence. The sequence is one that is a thematic structure to help the viewer and I would certainly recommend it.

Rob joined me on the journey, he was watching the Loki TV series as we went through this 3-4 week venture. We have rated them out of 10 for a quick review.

Here we go…

1. Captain America: The First Avenger ✅ 7/10

2. Captain Marvel ✅ 7/10

3. Iron Man ✅ 8/10

4. Iron Man 2 ✅ 4/10

5. The Incredible Hulk ✅ 3/10

6. Thor ✅ 5/10

7. The Avengers ✅ 7/10

8. Thor: The Dark World ✅ 4/10

9. Guardians of the Galaxy ✅ 9/10

10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ✅ 9.5/10

11. Iron Man 3 ✅ 6/10

12. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ✅ 6.5/10

13. The Avengers: Age of Ultron ✅ Jen says 4.5/10 Rob says 5/10

14. Ant-Man ✅ 8.5/10

15. Captain America: Civil War ✅ 7/10

16. Black Panther ✅ 6/10

17. Spider-Man: Homecoming ✅ 9/10

18. Doctor Strange ✅ 6.5/10

19. Thor: Ragnarok ✅ 9/10

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp ✅ 7/10

21. Black Widow ✅ 7.5/10

22. Avengers: Infinity War ✅ 9/10

23. Avengers: End Game ✅ 9/10

24. Spider-Man: Far From Home ✅ 6.5/10

With all the movies watched it is now time to delve into the TV series.

I hope you enjoyed reading through, we’ve been Geocaching since as the weather has gotten better but this is certainly a great idea for the wet days.

Jen

Sophie’s review of Skycircus by Peter Bunzl

June 13, 2021Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, 3 stars, 3rd book of the series, Book Review, circus, mechanicals, mechanimals, Peter Bunzl, reading, review, showstopper, Skycircus, Sophie Gilmour, star, Tightrope, trickeryLeave a comment

I wrote this book review last year and have got around to typing it up for you to enjoy.

Skycircus is the third book in the series, the first is called Cogheart and the second is Moonlocket. You may want to read these first as this review may contain spoilers.

Skysircus starts with a ticket for a circus and Lily’s mum’s notebook which was discovered at the beginning of the story. Lily ends up going to the circus and everyone knows it’s her birthday she receives free gifts. she watches the show, but as she is about to exit, she gets surrounded by Security and they carry her to a cell-like room (while she is non-conscious) with some of the performers. Lily picks the locks in the cell to break free and makes a plan to escape. Lily’s friend Robert nearly dies because he got punished by Mr. Slimwood who is the bad guy, Robert tries to balance on a tightrope high over some tigers and bears and ends up falling onto the ground. In Paris, their plan goes as expected, they end up escaping Mr. Slimwood and Madam Lions-Mane as they were very wanted criminals for stealing Lily’s papa’s papers.

I felt like I had to keep turning the pages to find out what was going to happen, I couldn’t put the book down.

I recommend it to people who like fictional books with adventure and danger.

I rate it 3 out of 5 stars. I rated Skycircus this because it doesn’t have Robert’s mum and sister in it, I had become attached to those characters in the previous book. It did have action and kept me wondering what was going to happen which is what I enjoyed the most.

Written review by Sophie Gilmour!😍🤪

Scrummy cake through our letter box

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged bisuit, box, cake, cake by post, cake subscription, Coventry, Dale, dales handmade ltd, letter box, post, post a cake, subscription, subscription box, The Gilmours, tray bakeLeave a comment

It was a good day when we had some scrummy cake arrive through our letterbox. Dale’s Handmade Ltd had sent us one of his subscription boxes as a gift.

Once the kids had realised that cake had arrived they rushed over to try and claim their piece. The hard part was which piece was going to be who’s, especially as mummy has a sweet tooth.

Carefully wrapped, you could see that a lot of thought had gone into making sure everything survived the postal system. We were impressed that 100% biodegradable bags were used to individually wrap each treat.

Alongside the thoughtful presentation, we liked that there was a selection to choose from. There was something for everyone and we didn’t have to worry about someone not been able to join in.

Robyn and daddy got their mouths round the bourbon biscuit replica cake, their faces said that I should have had one of those. Robyn enjoyed tucking in and Daddy says it was like a bourbon biscuit but leveled up. A mouthwatering treat that will leave you wanting more.

Sophie and Riley went for the traybake and again it didn’t last long, they wolfed it down, speaks volumes for them especially as I suddenly heard “mmmmm” “ooooh”. It wasn’t dry, which is something I thought could happen because of the travel it made. Everyone couldn’t believe just how fresh everything was.

Which only means one thing, it was my turn to enjoy something and I went for the marble cake. It was delicious and I could have eaten more, the only thing I think we should have done is popped it in the refrigerator as it was a hot day and the cake was warm. It just means that we will have to do that with our next order and not let our sweet overcome us. The box didn’t last ten minutes for us as a family of five and it left us wondering what the other boxes would be like. There’s a brownie one we have our eyes on.

You can buy a trial subscription box for just £12 and this includes shipping. The price after that is £15 and again including shipping. For a handmade product with the selection you receive, we think this is a reasonable price.

Dale’s Handmade Ltd sends other items through the post like a homemade brownie dessert kit, a mixed pack of 6 brownies and a pack of 3 mini loaf cakes.

I think any of the cake by post items are perfect to send to a friend or family member to list their spirits or for an occasion.

Jen & co.

Creative Writing Camp by Sophie

August 1, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, author, Book writing, children's author, covid19, creative writing, fun, group, kidsclub, learn, lessons, Lexi Rees, Lockdown, resource, skills, Sophie Gilmour, Sophies book, spoiler alert, story, story in a week, writing, writing camp, zoom1 Comment

I joined in Lexi Rees’ Creative Writing Camp in July, it was amazing.

Lexi guided us from day 1 to day 5 through the amount of writing we all needed and planing ideas. The aim was to write a book in a week, we joined in on Zoom sessions each day

I had so much fun writing it with help from Lexi and my mum who gave great ideas of describing how the room would look like or who the characters were. The best part was the writing because it was endless of describing the characters and the place they were in.

On day 1 everyone made this planning roller coaster with our ideas of how we wanted the story to go once we did we started to write our first to paragraphs.

SPOILER ALERT!!

I managed to make a good-sized story thankfully, I haven’t written the whole story here because you need to find out in the future!!

My story was about a princess and king who are about to eat their garlic cheese bread. Nuria starts to choke and they hear a noise. The figure finally appears and takes the kings priceless crown. Nuria finds a map, they go to the X marks the spot at the spooky cave. I will stop there because I want to publish the book itself.

I rate the group 5/5 for giving me ideas and helping develop writing skills.

Also great group Lexi, it was so much fun and something to do during lockdown and without my brother and sister annoying me; it relaxed and focused me so thank you for letting me do it.

This course was gifted in the exchange for a review and feedback but I loved it so much that I have joined the How to be a Journalist starting on the 10th August. Find out more about it here.

Sophie

This course was perfect for Sophie, it helped her imagination but also gave her the stages you need to write a book. I really enjoyed how the story began with printable activities. As a parent in lockdown, this was an affordable course that kept giving, Sophie made a friend within the week and it gave us a little break as well. The fact that Lexi is an author herself makes it even more of a worthy investment. We are a part of her Kids Club and this is a fun and educational resource.

-Sophie’s mum (Jen)

Sophie’s review of Moonlocket book by Peter Bunzl

July 5, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, adventure, AIRSHIPS, Book, Book Review, clockwork, fun to read, mechanicals, mechanimals, Moonlocket, mystery, Peter Bunzl, sewage, SHOCK, Sophie Gilmour, Sophie Gilmour's reviews, tenth book read, usborn, Usborne books2 Comments

In the book there is a criminal on the loose called Jack Door he is after Roberts mum Selena who abandoned Robert when he was very little. Jack is after Selena because she is Jacks daughter and she gave him up to the police 15 years ago. Lilly, Robert and Malkin’s job is to find Selena before Jack does so they travel on A airship from Brackenbridge (where Lilly lives) to London. Every time Jack goes somewhere he always leaves a playing card it is the Jack of diamonds it is always a clue. It is a book of mystery, sewage and clockwork.

I recommend it to people who love airships, adventure and shock.

I rate it 4 and a half out of 5 because I love the puzzles in the story and the place where it is set (in London) but it was really good. 🙂

Let me know what you think of my review in the comments below…

Review written by Sophie Gilmour xx

Litter Picking by Sophie Gilmour

June 9, 2020June 13, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, adventure, animals, bike, cows, East Yorkshire, family, Hedon, hot chocolate, Hull, June, just for fun, litter, litter picking, nature, rubbish, saturday, saving the planet, sophie, Sophie Gilmour, suitable for bikes, Train Station, trash, UKLeave a comment

Last Saturday, we went out litter picking and it was raining but that didn’t stop us. We collected all sorts of rubbish including bottles, wipes, doggy bags and the biggest thing was a bikes mud guard. It was fun using the litter pickers but the things we collected were very gross. It was a nice in Hedon but the train station was old and of course it was run down but still safe. We saw cows and one was very close to me.

At the end we had three whole bags of rubbish and we were not looking hard it was really fun to do. It was very quite and peaceful, we think the path is suitable for bikes because we saw a couple. When we got home from the cold Riley, Robyn and I had a hot chocolate. I think I would like to go there again to see the cows and do some more litter picking.

Have you been litter picking?

From Sophie xx

Sophie’s review of Cogheart book by Peter Bunzl

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, Book, Book Review, Cogheart, DANGER, DARING, First time review, Peter Bunzl, review, SHOCK, Sophie Gilmour, Usborne books7 Comments

There is a girl called Lilly and everyone thinks her dad has died. But her family member Dr.Silverfish/Uncle wants this device called Cogheart. It is this mechanical heart that can keep you alive forever (I wouldn’t like that because your skin would go extremely wrinkly after 200 years) because he is really poorly. And so he had got a couple of evil people to try and find the Cogheart, but no one knows it is inside of Lilly’s body. She made a couple of friends 1st Robert his dad had died during this book. Also a fox the mechanical called Malkin who delivered a special note to Lilly and finally Anna who flew the airship all the way to London for Lilly, Robert and Malkin.

I would recommend it to people who like SHOCK, DANGER and DARING!!!!

I rate it four out of five

Because it took a long time to get into the story for me but other than that great!!!

Let me know what you think of my review in the comments below…

Review written by Sophie Gilmour

We’re on TikTok

April 12, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, coronavirus, Covid-19, dance, just for fun, Lockdown, media, platform, Riley, Robyn, social, sophie, The Gilmours, TikTok1 Comment

That’s right, we are on TikTok.

To be honest we joined last year but had only used it a few times. Lockdown meant we have had more time to scroll and more time to be creative. The kids have had “dance” lessons and I am sure more to come. It’s just a bit of fun.

You can find us at @GilmourFamily

Hope to see you over there.

The Gilmours

Bringing graffiti indoors

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, colouring, coronavirus, Covid-19, fun, graffiti, Graffiti Artist, Instagram, Legal Graffiti, local, Lockdown, No Hone, Riley, Robyn, sharpie, sharpies, sophie, The Gilmours2 Comments

Local graffiti artist No Hone came up with a fab idea to bring graffiti indoors whilst we are in lockdown. No Hone is takings children’s names and making them into graffiti-style colour sheets.

Sophie, Riley and Robyn had so much creative fun in colouring them in. I even let them have the sharpies and the finished by laminating them and putting them on their bedroom doors.

And here’s the result…

If you would like your childs name made into a graffiti outline simply get in touch with No Hone, see the details below:

Hope you are coping ok with lockdown.

The Gilmours