Our life with our toddler
I find other people’s birth stories intriguing. A bit like when you have a mouth ulcer and you have to keep rubbing your tongue over it, even when it really hurts. Are they sadistic? Is that why we like to read them? Maybe we find solace in the fact other people went through a longer, more…
When I had Boo, a changing bag was just an after thought. Something you needed when you were out and about and I wanted it to match the pram. This is the only pic I could find of it-just to the right of the photo That is all I required. I am hoping hindsight…
It’s a well-known fact that children learn through play. While I don’t want Boo to have to sit down in a rigid environment to learn when she is at home, I do see the advantages of learning with parents as well as at school. Next September sees the start of primary school and, after reading…
I’ve never hidden the fact that I love, love, love Christmas so, I have decided I want to get involved with everyone else’s Christmas festivities too. Tinsel Tuesdays will run every Tuesday starting this week-November 11th and will run every week until January 6th-the official date the decorations have to come down. So get your…
I haven’t written about ‘proper’ farming for a while. I suppose #farmbaby2015 has overtaken what I’ve got to tell you about but that all changed yesterday as love was in the air at the farm. The rams went to spend a few months with the ewes (lady sheep) for love, companionship and maybe definitely more….
My word of the week this week is: It is terrible because of one terrible day. Wednesday. They say bad luck comes in threes but it was four for me on Wednesday. Rosie, my beloved, love of my life dog was spayed. Not a big deal to most people but pregnancy hormones along with…
I have some kind of epiphany each year around my birthday. It has been happening, ooo for at least the last ten years and it involves my skin. I really should start some kind of anti-ageing regime. That’s what I plan to do each year. I saw on the Timehop app that three years ago,…
Like any normal family, we don’t like to do anything normal so this year, we had our bonfire night on November 4th instead of the 5th. Maybe Guy Fawkes had planned to do it a day early himself but couldn’t gather enough gunpowder. We did consider fire works but with animals and a sensitive daughter,…
All parents will tell you the holy grail of parenting is getting your little ones in bed and keeping them there. I have therefore come up with my fail safe plan. These are the rules of our house. 1. No chain flushing in the bathroom after bedtime. 2. Any tap use must be kept to…
Back to normality today. Work for me, preschool for Boo. Half term is over. Usually I am breathing a huge sigh of relief but this time I have quite enjoyed it. We started off the week with Boo going to nana’s house so I could do a good clean. I had been ill the week…