Even with my parents here the house is uncharacteristically quiet. Dadonthebrink is away in Sweden. That is our weekday norm now and slowly we are getting used to it. We skype as often as we can, though sometimes our timings aren’t synchronised, we are sitting down for a meal, or he is just driving to […]
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The multilingual toddler- 23 months old
Max is a week shy of 23 months old. As his peers’ vocabulary increases, so does Max’s. His speech is developing at lightning pace. He’s making some remarkable sentences of 2 -3 words with ease. Yet very few people around him will actually recognise the huge developments in Max’s language from day […]
Layering clothes for children autumn, winter and spring
As Max grows and walks more we have been going outdoors more as a family. We love rambling through the countryside or just going to play at our local country park! Occasionally, the rain and wind have deterred us. I am also realising that with such changeable weather as we have in the UK if […]
7 Top Tips for a Blissful Bath and Bedtime
A couple of weeks ago I was solo parenting and really struggling to juggle my 6 year old, 4 year old and 11 month old, undertaking their bath- and bedtime routine on my own. I bumped into the lovely Faye, who runs Blissful Bambinos, at our favourite bookshop and asked how she’d suggest injecting Blissful into […]
Wot so Funee? Fish fingers are made of…
Welcome to the temporary home of the Wot so Funee link up of blog posts. A one week only special! I arm-wrestled the Wot so Funee linky from Actually Mummy for a cunning plan; then that cunning plan evaporated before it was even put into motion. Oh well…next time! However, I thought it would still […]
Toys r Us tat- Totally Me, totally crap!
Friday morning I have my 6 year old in tears- we’ve decided to return two of her birthday presents. She’d been looking forward to opening these boxes ever since her birthday and creating the appealing, sparkly (tacky) jewellery for weeks. We finally got around to sitting down to get creative with one particular favourite a […]
Collecting rainbow power and getting kids off their bums
. Yesterday Little Miss went to London for the day with Dadonthebrink. There was some official business combined with museum visiting fun involved. In the evening, before they got on the coach home, they opted for a McDonald’s dinner. McDonald’s are currently including a pedometer (a step-counter gadget) in their kids meals. After dinner they […]
It’s Birthday Party time… the icing on the Lightning McQueen cake
. . Little Man had asked for a special Lightning McQueen cake for his 3rd birthday. I made the base as described in my previous post. Then it was time to get on with icing. By this time Baby had fallen asleep. It was past 11 pm and in discussing how to go about it […]
It’s Birthday Party time… a Lightning McQueen cake in the making
. . Little Man had requested a Lightning McQueen cake for his third birthday. I had toyed with the idea of just popping down to the supermarket for a cake, but then decided home-made would be cheaper, bigger and better quality. Little did I realise what I had let myself in for: I asked my […]
A Day out with Thomas, the tank engine
. . We had a day out with Thomas, the tank engine on Sunday. It was a special day at the Didcot Railway museum: Thomas and his friends came to visit. The museum has an extensive collection of Great Western Railway steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings and small relics; and a recreation of Brunel’s broad […]