I know you’ll all probably hate me for this post. Half term isn’t even here yet but I’m asking you to check your diaries for June 8th. You see it is a subject pretty close to my heart. June 8th is Open Farm Sunday. It is a day where ordinary people who may have never…
My dearest friend, the afternoon nap. We’ve been together for such a long time. Best friends in fact since we fell out with your cousin, the morning nap about two years ago. We’ve spent three years adhering to your stringent rules. It is with regret that we must part company. It’s not you, it’s me….
I think you all know about my painting-at-home-phobia by now. So when we were invited to the Minikin Emporium in Sale by Frank PR on behalf of Growing Up Milk, I jumped at the chance. Boo gets to paint and I don’t have to clear up the mess-winner. So we arrived with…. …a chick in…
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring. Alarm goes off. Leap drag myself out of bed. I’ve been up 16 times in the night. Putting Boo’s dummy back in. It’s not fallen out of bed. It’s resting on her chin. Tick tock. Frolic drag my feet downstairs. Let dog out. Put kettle on. Make juice. Take juice and coffee upstairs. Put…
I felt a bit guilty yesterday as I took Boo to our local park. Now usually, this would not make a parent feel bad but, I felt awful because we haven’t been for ages. You see at home, we have a swing, slide and a see-saw so I always think there’s no point taking her…
One there was a girl and the girl loved the moon very much. Thankfully her mummy got her a copy of How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers which celebrates its tenth anniversary of being published this year. You see. My girl and the boy share something in common. They both like out of…
Years ago, everyone kept chickens in their back gardens as a source of meat and eggs. Then it went out of fashion but recently, hens have become a very popular animal to keep. Maybe because people are interested about where their food comes from or are concerned about the welfare of chickens, I don’t know but…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about preparing Boo’s room to be decorated. Well it’s taken me this long to paint it, add all the finishing touches and then photograph it all. I am very pleased with is on the whole. The cutting-in at the top could be better but at least I…
Then farmer and I met 14 years ago this year. From the minute I met him, I knew the phrase, ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ would stand me in good stead with him. Farmers aren’t like other men. It must be something genetic in them, where they would much rather be…
I’m forever seeing news headlines like ‘Sunday dinner is a thing of the past.’ This saddens me. The benefits of eating together as a family on any day are immeasurable. For a traditional roast in our house, it doesn’t even have to be a Sunday. We have roasts at least twice a week. For no…
