All aboard The Trunki Train: Una Unicorn Trunki Giveaway!
Being a parent is hard work at the best of times but, with four children and a super busy January, it really is exhausting! As much as I love being a Mum, and I genuinely wouldn’t change it for the world, I think it is so important for the sake of all our sanities to spend some time apart, even if just for one weekend. And so, having roped in the grandparents for a sleepover, Gaz and I booked a weekend away and broke the news to the kids that this time, they simply weren’t invited!
Luckily our break tied in with the most exciting delivery from Trunki, the new Una Unicorn design that my girls have been lusting after since the first time they saw it, no doubt on YouTube, and fell in love with the pretty colours and the rainbow coloured tail.
We have never actually had a Trunki before and yet the girls have seen plenty of them on previous holidays and moaned that they wished they had one instead of their “boring old suitcases” which, to be fair, is exactly how I feel when I see children scooting along on their Trunkis at the airport!
Looking at the case you can see exactly why these are a hit with both parents and children – both practical and fun, the perfect size for hand luggage, and a 5 year guarantee, which speaks volumes in how confident Trunki are that their products are built to last.
By the time the weekend came around the girls were so excited, partly for the sleepover, and all of those treats no doubt waiting at their Grandparents, and partly because they had been itching to get their hands on the Trunki. “My train!!” Harry had declared, as soon as we unboxed it, for anything with wheels is a train in his eyes. “It’s not a train! It’s a unicorn!” Eva had told him, “MY unicorn!”. And he had silently retreated to the side lines, wearing his “train drivers hat”, his bottom lip stuck firmly out, as the girls opened up the case to reveal the glittery stickers and luggage strap inside. And honestly, given their reactions you would think they had struck gold! If there’s one thing that my girls love more than a unicorn, it’s stickers! Glittery, sparkly stickers at that!
The girls loved that the Trunki has a sparkly unicorn horn, something which they “oohed” and “aahed” over almost as much as they did the tail, and after placing the stickers on the case (and a few on each other!), we were ready to pack.
Our packing was somewhat hindered by Harrys insistence that the Trunki was still very much a train, and trying to get anything in the case while he shouted, “Trunki train!” at the top of his voice, whilst making the most high pitched “Toot toot!” noises, repeatedly, was a real challenge!!
By the time we were good to go, Gaz and I chomping at the bit to start our child-free weekend (not to mention all of that sleep we were looking forward to!), the girls, sensing our enthusiasm, decided that now was the time to move as slowly as possible, stalling for time, doing their best to take as long as was humanly possible to get on their coats and out to the car. And so it turned out that we were super grateful when Harry stepped up to the job of driving the “Trunki train” straight out of the door, full steam ahead, leaving us to crack open the champagne and enjoy every single moment of our peace and quiet!!
Toot toot!!!
If you’d like to win a Una Unicorn Trunki, maybe in the hope of packing off our children for a sleepover the the Grandparents too, simply enter via the link below. The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email on the 26th February.
Good Luck!!
Watch allllllllllll the TV I have been missing out on in the last 11 months! and Drink wine. and sleep.
Haha yes!! I’d love that too! xx
Child free weekend……….oh have a lie in and a nice long soak in the bath! Boring but needed!
Definitely! How things change! xx
I’ve never had a child-free weekend, but if we ever did get one, I’d love to go to the cinema and out for a nice meal with the hubby (without children whining at us!) x
Oh yes, not having to share food is the best bit! xx
They could trunki off with their grand parents and we’d go for a romantic break to stone henge xx
Oh that sounds lovely! One day! xx
Ooooo those 3 little words fill my head with all sorts of thoughts….but to be honest the first thing that spring to mind is sleep! With having 4 little ones myself and co-sleeping with the littlest, sleep is very much a rarity it our house! Great competition! My girls would love them!
Haha yes! Me too, infact Gaz and I were in bed, asleep by 8pm on the first night!! xx
Have a weekend away at a spa
Oh I would love that too! xx
have a nice meal with my partner and then a quiet night in x
What would u do with a child free weekend? Well, the last one I ended up getting pregnant with #3)
The next one (which will probably be in about 5 years)… I’ll use a condom! ?
Hahaha Jen!! xx
I’d order pizza, get in some fruit cider, watch mine and the boyfriend’s favourite films and play some old school video games!
Fruit cider – my favourite! xx
I’d sit & read, uninterrupted for hours! And go see a film on my own.
I miss reading, and watching films! xx
i honestly don’t know, my eldest daughter is nearly 5 and i have 1 year old twins, i never had a child free weekend, or weekday. I think i will miss them so much lol
Aww bless you, that sounds exhausting. I used to hate being away from the children for even an hour but after thirteen years and five children, I soon changed my mind on that! xx
sleep and just take it easy!
Good luck! xx
Lots of sleep … and some quality time with my OH.
Ahh lovely. Good luck! xx
Holy cow! I think the girls would wet themselves with excitement over this!
Haha yep, my girls were beyond excited, who doesn’t love unicorns? xx
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Me too! Good luck! xx
Not sure I’m allowed to say on here 😉 x
HAHAH there’s always one!! xx
I would have a duvet day lock my doors and relax sounds like a dream
Oh I live in hope of a duvet day! xx
I would probably sleep in all honesty
That’s what my husband and I did this weekend! We were in bed for 8pm! xx
Breakfast in bed a lay in then pyjama day dvds and prosecco o’clock 🙂
Haha I love that idea! xx
Have a few glasses of wine and watch a lovely movie
That sounds like bliss! xx
I’d book a spa break and go off for the weekend for pure pampering!
Ohhh me too! xx
Spend the weekend in the pub and at football matches.
My husband would probably say the same! xx
My baby is 21 weeks old… i’d love a full nights sleep and a meal in peace, and no 8 year old to get me up early either!
Ahh I can imagine! There’s 8 years between my son and daughter and it was a HUGE shock to the system to go back to sleepless nights! xx
Ohh my goodness i would catch up on all the housework have the longest bubble bath without a couple of guests and maybe even blow dry my hair ?? xx
Haha just to have clean hair, it’s the little things! xx
fly to germany to spend a weekend with my dearest cousin!
Oh how lovely! Good luck! xx
I would go to the spa with my hubby and be pampered
a lie in and then chillin watching films eating junk food
A lie-in!
Oh the joys of not being woken up with a story book rammed in your face, a comfort blanket given to you like a prized possession and the plastic rattle as you know your fake breakfast of Ikea kitchen things is coming at you any moment.
Enjoy your break and make the most of it. Loving the Trunki too.
Oooh that would be lovely! I would have a nice meal and bottle of prosecco on the Friday evening, followed by a lie in on Saturday morning. A bit of shopping and lunch out on the Saturday afternoon and a good film and takeway in the evening. Finished off by another lie in on the sunday and a nice roast dinner!! The simple things ey, bliss!! xx
That has never happened.. i would not have a clue lol
I would sleep and eat junk food without having to share
Sleep! haha.
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Definitely start it with a lie in and then just do something together in peace e.g. go for a nice walk, go for a coffee or just watch a film.
I LOVE these! My Sister got one for her daughter they want to take them everywhere they go traveling!
My five nephews and niece live with my along with my teenage daughter, so a child free weekend would porbably been spent blitzing the house, sad!
I would (and have) gone on a haunted weekend paranormal investigations and haunted hotels 🙂
I’m such a kid, I love that unicorn Trunki! Do they do adult sizes I wonder?? lol
If my OH isn’t babysitting (haha) i’d go out for a nice meal & have a night in a posh hotel with him – we don’t get enough quality time together!
Trunkis are fab, I love the unicorn design!
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I am currently 33 weeks pregnant with my third child. So i can’t imagine i will have a child free weekend for a long time haha. However i would spend a child free weekend spending some quality time with my partner – cinema, a lovely meal out followed by a few drinks in a quiet bar somewhere.
Have a night out!
i would spend some quality time with my partner for a few hours but then id have to go get my kids back lol fab giveaway thankyou x
Isn’t that just the sweetest thing, I wish I had a suitcase like that!
relax and enjoy some peace and quiet with a good book and a bottle of red
Oh wow! I think my 6 year old would actually explode if she saw one of these! She is unicorn mad at the moment. We have a bee trunki and it gets used all the time.
If we had a child-free weekend, I’d want to sleep and then have a long soak in the bath. Aaahhhh! #BrillBlogPosts
I am entering this for my niece as she’d love this! Most weekends are child free for me as sadly I can’t have children myself x
absolutely nothing but laze around watching movies, eating all my favourite foods, go out for dinner with friends
I AM the grandparent so when I get time off from looking after my little grand-daughter I have a lie in, meander out for lunch and catch up on TV shows I have not got around to watching!
nothing but eat and sleep lol x
i’d love a spa weekend, im beginning to ache.
Ahh a child free weekend would be spent on the luxuries f uninterrupted long soak, a nap and enjoy a hot cup of coffee for once
Watching what i want and eating what i want even if it is chocolate for breakfast
I would runaway with my partner to somewhere nice like the Lake District
Have a romantic night out I think!
Have a spa day!!
eat, sleep and have a few beverages! Bliss 🙂
A child free weekend for me would be all about catching up on sleep, work and going to the cinema. A dinner date would also be good.
I would spend the entire weekend watching whatever I wanted on TV, taking loooonnnnnnggg uninterupted showers, having daytime naps, eating and drinking! Oh the luxury! 🙂
Got to love Trunki total quality.
Definitely, built to last! xx
Be really boring and catch up on sleep!
Good luck!
What wouldn’t I do? Never had one, so until they’re all grown up I suppose I’ll never know
Good luck!
I would enjoy a nice meal out with my husband
Sounds lovely! xx
OH MY !!! listen to the silence, clean up and it stay tidy for more than an hour, go to the toilet without eyes watching me or someone knocking on the door ….eat a bar of chocolate all to myself … oh and sleep for 12 hours!!!!!!!
Hahah yes!!
Sleep, go to the toilet on my own, eat hot food and drink hot coffee!!
Good luck!
Sleep! And catch up on some good tv and read a book
Good luck!
I’ve seen these everywhere around airports but never a unicorn version! So cute and I just love the tail! Hope your little ones get a lot of fun out of them! Oh and Love your blog header! It’s adorable
Thank you so much Emma! xx
When I get a child free weekend I like to just relax
Good luck!
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Clean their bedrooms! 🙂
Haha yes! xx
What a gorgeous trunki, I see a lot of these when I jetting off to my weekend getaways across Europe. As I don’t have any kids my weelkends are normally spent abroad somwhere.
Oh you’re so lucky! I’d love an adult sized trunki! xx
Chilled nite with Netflix loads a sweets after a nice bath pj’s on and loads a sleep don’t get many child free nights in this house
Nor me! xx
I love the new unicorn trunki, adorable
Isn’t it!! I wish they did larger adult ones! xx
Sleep and eat a hot meal without moaning at the kids to stop playing with their food and eat it…then having to microwave theirs when they’ve left it too long
well im a grandmother, and all my children are grown up, but i miss having my children around me lol im suffering with empty nest syndrome!!
Awww I can imagine! xx
Go for a pamper spa day.
Sounds perfect!
fab giveaway and how cute are those with the stickers 🙂
Good luck!
I would have a long long lie in, an Undisturbed shower, a mooch round the shops and then get the other half to take me out for the night!!!
Sounds lovely! xx
Id enjoy a nice quiet long slow meal without having to rush eating my food to amuse the smalls.
Oh yes, hot food – bonus! xx
I’d book a spa break.
Oh me too! x
ooo a child free weekend… whats that lol. Nah I’d want to return to thorpe park, it was me and partner had our first weekend away together at the very beginning of our relationship 7 years ago.
Aww that’s so lovely!
Catch up on sleep and drink lots of cocktails with my lovely partner- we don’t get chance to do either much these days!!
Nor us, one day hey? xx
Sleep and get loads of housework done without my 18 month old disturbing me lol
Haha I could do with one of those weekends! xx
I am a Grandma of 3 but don’t get child free weekends. The middle one arrives anytime after 2pm on Saturday, with his Trunki, as my daughter does a night shift on Saturday nights as she has child care available!!??!! Her partner is Manager of a pub/restaurant and works until late so I get to babysit 90% of Saturday nights. The week after next I have the oldest and youngest coming as my other daughter and her partner are at a wedding. They two will arrive with their Trunki’s, the eldest has had hers for 9 years and the baby who is 7 months got her Trunki last week.
When I do have child free weekend I visit friends – could do with my own Trunki for that – or stay at home and do as little as possible.
Haha well fingers crossed you win this Trunki, I’m sure you would look fab with a unicorn trunki in tow!! xx
Jump in the nearest HOT TUB with drinks in hand!
hahah sounds fab!
This looks great. My ideal weekend at the moment would be some quiet time with a book and a frozen cocktail.
Yum! Strawberry dacquiris are my favourite! xx
I’d read, eat chocolate and have lovely clean floors that will stay clean for more than 5 mins. Ahh bliss!
Sounds like bliss! xx
As I only have a niece and nephew, child free weekends are not a problem.
Ahh good luck! xx
Well We have a childfree weekebf coming up and we are going to Newcastle for a night out, I can’t wait
Oh lovely! Enjoy! xx
hotel meal and a few drinks 🙂
Sounds great!
So cute! Love the colours and how the kids are able to sit on them. Sounds like it’s fairly practical as well. Thanks for sharing with #stayclassymama!
They are fab, we can’t wait to add to our collection! xx
go for a walk in the country and stay out late and have a nice meal out
Perfect! Good luck! xx
Eat, sleep, rave repeat
Hahaha I love this! xx
id slob about, have a bath and read all weekend
That sounds perfect! xx
We would go mountain biking, have a pub lunch, sleep in as long as we liked. Didn’t happen often!
Oh that sounds lovely! xx
I would catch up on sleep or go to the gym!
Sleep every time! xx
My daughter is turning 7 soon. I think inwould be lost without her but think i would sleep. Xxx
Sleep is always my priority! xx
Have a duvet weekend watching GoT and The walking Dead boxsets!!
Oh I’ve never seen either! xx
Slept in late!
Haha me too! xx
I would have a spa weekend and get all pampered
Sounds perfect! xx
I’d love to say I’d have a night out and enjoy myself but in reality I’d just catch up on some well missed sleep!
Haha me too! xx
I’d catch up on sleep!!!!!
Good luck! xx
Ooo i would have a hot bubbly bath, glass of wine, take away, chocolate and my favourite film all enjoyed with peace and quiet, bliss
Good luck! xx
Sleep and enjoying sitting down to actual enjoy my dinner.
Haha yes that sounds fab! xx
Dinner, wine and a DVD 🙂
Sounds fab! xx
SLEEP!!!!!!!! We have a new baby daughter and she’s a little monkey! We’d just sleep all weekend long! Haha!
Oh congratulations! xx
I would love to just catch up with friends and have a nice chatty lunch
That sounds fab! xx
This trunki train looks like so much fun. They never had anything like this when my 4 were little 🙂
They are fab aren’t they! xx
Pj’s, tv catch-up, reading. Nap time!
Sounds fab! xx
I can not imagine having one but I would love to have dinner at The Shard
I would go to a spa and have some relaxing treatments.
Ooh sounds perfect! xx
i’d feel very strange with a free weekend – probably would enjoy a spa treatment or something pampering.
Sounds great! xx
Book myself into a spa hotel.
Count me in! xx
Binge watch Netflix with lots of junk food!
Oh sounds fab! xx
I’d get to shops to buy a new sofa without a troop of miserable faces!
Hahah yes that’s true! xx
Sad I know but I would gut the house. It seems an anti climax to do it when they’re here as they trash one room while I am cleaning the next.
I know that feeling! xx
Lots of sleep, watching moves uninterrupted, eat bad food and catch up on jobs around the house!
Sounds perfect! xx
Go for a walk, read, have a long bath, do some gardening and have a lovely relaxed meal
Sounds lovely! xx
Sleep is always very high on the list but I’m not sure I would ever get used to the early mornings again, so daren’t risk it. A spa weekend would be a good idea – I’d go with my best friend and leave my other half to enjoy sport on the box whilst I’m away…hold on a minute….he does that already!? 😉
Haha good luck! xx
Being honest absolutely nothing, just relaxing watching films and eating takeaway
I would LOVE a weekend of doing nothing! xx
Probably sleep and eat a hot meal lol
Sounds great! xx
I love nothing better then staying in bed for ages, having a bath and just having peace and quiet
Oh I would love that too! xx
CHILL OUT DING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WOULD BE NICEE,but would probably catch up on jobs that little hands interfere wwith.
Haha yes, doing nothing would be fab!
Eat chocolate without hiding in the pantry! Ps, can you tell me where your girls onesies are from? I love them xx
Haha sounds fab! They are from Debenhams! xx
I would love to go camping to a music festival with a child free weekend.
Sounds fab! xx
I’d have to have a day sat out side a lovley bar drinking red wine looking over the sea in Whitby we can dream can’t we ha
Oh lovely, one day! xx
I would go and have my hair done, come home and relax and then miss the children terribly!
Haha very true! Good luck! xx
What’s a child free weekend? I think I’ve had 3 nights to myself in almost 10 years haha now I could do with a child free weekend but maybe when they have left home ?
Haha good lucK! xx
Sleep and watch TV
Sounds perfect! xx
I’m swinging between going on a really long hike and just sleeping!
SLEEP!!!xx
I would make the most of peace and quiet! And take a nice long hot bath with a good book (and chocolate!) and catch up on some sleep 🙂
Oh me too! I miss baths! xx
I would catch up with housework then just chill out, although I could imagine I would spend most of the time fretting about my kiddos 🙂
Haha very true! xx
Go for a dinner with my lovely husband.
That sounds great! xx
id have a night away somewhere with the other half 😀
Sounds lovely! xx
What I’d like to do is have a bath, read a book, take a walk and relax! What I’d probably do is laundry, tidy up and sort through the mountains of kids clothes that appear to be multiplying everywhere! Lol!
Haha yes me too! xx
I would go to a spa and probably sleep all weekend lol!! x
Haha me too! xxx
go to a concert with my fiance
Sounds great! xx
I’d go on a spa break with my husband – a weekend of relaxation would be perfect before baby number 2 comes along!
That would be lovely, and congratulations! xx
Get my partner to take me away for a romantic weekend.
Sounds perfect! xx
drink lots of wine lol have baths in peace every night and watch films without interruptions lol x
I miss baths! That would be amazing! xx
SLEEP! Just imagine being able to sleep past 6 am. I’d probably still get up at that time anyway and miss them too much to enjoy it!
Oh yeah, that would be amazing! xx
Have a pamper day with a relaxing facial, nice Italian meal and some shopping
A pamper day would be amazing!
spa weekend
Good luck! xx
Whenever we manage to get a child free weekend we tend to book ourselves into a hotel for the night and have dinner… bliss!
Oh that sounds amazing! xx
Our little one is just coming up to 4, we’ve never had a child free day, let alone a weekend! I think we’d have an afternoon nap, followed by a big night on the town and a pyjama day the next day
Aww well you definitely deserve one! xx
Well I have to hide to eat chocolate or the kids want it all the time lol so I would eat loads of chocolate in front of the TV, drink lots of baileys and sleep for ages 🙂
Haha sounds great!
Have a lie in, long hot bath and watch DVDs
Sounds great! Good luck! xx
It has bee sooooo many years since I’ve had a child free night I don’t think I could cope.
Haha I’m sure you’d find a way! xx
Take long, hot bubble baths and sleep a lot. Lovely.
Oh bliss! Good luck! xx
Get away from it all by having a weekend break in the countryside
That sounds perfect! xx
Just sleep!! We have the worst sleeper ever.
Oh no! I hope he sleeps soon! xx
I would go shopping on my own then spa then massage and a nice dinner with my husband.
Ooh shopping on my own would be amazing! xx
Book a table for me and hubby at our local chinese restaurant and have a good night out, and believe me we rarely go out.
Oh sounds lovely, we are the same! xx
A long lie in, coffee, a leisurely breakfast and newspapers!
Sounds perfect! xx
My children are all grown up and have children of their own now and although I help childminding my grandchildren during the week they still come for a weekend visit,which I love.It’s so nice now to be able to just relax,read a book,potter about in the garden and just generally chill out.I do remember well the days when I was working full time,juggling that with my children and housework left no time to relax,even at the weekend,So just a little saying,it will come,time when your children have all flown the nest and you have so much time on your hands that you don’t quite know what to do,and,you know what,you’ll miss all the chaos,so enjoy it all just now as time really does fly x
Oh I completely agree, I always say that to my husband, one day we will have all the time in the world and we will give anything to have them all here waking us up at 6am and our home being chaos!! xx
dinner at nice restaurant
Spend time with my husband, go for a meal and a few drinks or the cinema and maybe a nap ?
I would take my niece to the zoo or a day out if I had her for a Free weekend x
Good luck! xx
i would go shopping in peace xx
Good luck! xx
Catch up with my sleep, housework and have a long overdue date night with the Mr!
Good luck! xx
i’d have a lie in, then curl up on the sofa with a good book and my colouring bits and relax with a nice cuppa or 2. then i’d end the day with a long hot soak in the bath
Good luck! xx
I would proberley spring clean the house and do the jobs I cant do when the kids are around
Good luck! xx
Sleeeeeeeeeeep
Good luck! xx
Go for a night out at bingo with my mum and sister then a lovely fancy meal with my husband
Good luck! xx
Veg out on the sofa, eating chocolate that I don’t need to hide or share and watch a boxset or two!
Good luck! xx
sleep eat chocolate, pee in peace and watch netflix 🙂
Good luck! xx
I would go away for a night and have a lovely meal out
Good luck! xx
When our little granddaughter has a sleepover with us, my daughter & SIL like to go to the cinema and then to to a nice meal together, but I think what they enjoy the most is having a lie-in the next morning!
Good luck! xx
I’d book a nice hotel and tickets to a gig for me and hubby 🙂
Good luck! xx
I would sleep x
Good luck! xx
sleep.eat and more sleep
Good luck! xx
Definitely a spa weekend away!
Good luck! xx
I’d decorate my lounge – never seem to have enough time to do it x
Sleep and binge on food and Netflix in bed x
Good luck! xx
theatre night out with dinner with m husband
Good luck! xx