We went to a kids party yesterday. As Boo is nearly three, we are still at the stage of me going with her. We have been to countless parties since she has been born and it is just a minefield of party etiquette which no-one ever tells you about. As party goers, it’s the mothers … [Read more…]
XXX WARNING CONTAINS GRAFFIC IMAGES OF FIELDS AND TRACTORS Did you expect pictures of scantily clad women in bikinis leaning against tractors? Sorry to disappoint. While I can’t promise that farmers don’t look at this type of porn, farmer porn is anything but naked unless you class a field without crops or an animal without … [Read more…]
New year is a time to look back at the last year and look forward to the next. It is the same for everyone I suppose. A natural reflecting process. On a farm it is a case of taking stock of births and deaths but then I suppose other people do that too but hopefully … [Read more…]
Being a parent can sometimes feel isolating. You can loose touch with what is going on in your friend’s worlds let alone the world at large. When they are very young especially, your life revolves around feeds and changing and you get obsessed with sleep, toilet habits and whether they’re warm/cool enough. Now my Boo … [Read more…]
I love baking. I prefer the decorating to the actual baking but it is very hard to get to the decorating stage if you don’t crack the eggs in the bowl if you know what I mean. At the beginning of November I made my Christmas cake. I am not loyal to one recipe. I … [Read more…]
So last night the elves (my husband and I) did the thing I had been dreading. We put my daughter’s ELC cottage kitchen together (http://www.elc.co.uk/Wooden-Cottage-Kitchen—Red/136819,default,pd.html#q=cottage%20kitchen). I had been worrying about it for a while. I could see us up until 4am Christmas Day morning doing it and, with a day of play and cooking to … [Read more…]
You know it’s Christmas on the farm when: You have the same conversation every year-should we buy a turkey from a shop or buy poults and rear our own? People ask you, in earnest, ‘do you still have to feed the cows/sheep/horses/pigs (delete as applicable) on Christmas Day? The farmer’s wife buys reindeer antlers for … [Read more…]
I will not get drunk. Last year, my brother-in-law brought champagne. We live with mother-in-law on the farm and he was visiting for the season. I decided to calm my ‘cooking-Christmas-dinner-nerves’ with a gin and tonic, then had another. It was Christmas after all. My husband then invited me to join his family in their … [Read more…]
Tonight I wrapped my daughter’s presents and as I hid them behind the chair in the living room, I heard Peppa Pig’s voice booming from within the wrapping. Batteries in kids toys are a double edged sword at Christmas time. On one hand you want them to enjoy the toys you have bought them. On … [Read more…]
