Random Ramblings
My Blog Plans for the New Year
I can hardly believe that I’ve been blogging for nearly 6 months now. The time has just flown-by, I’ve absolutely loved it, and I’ve written over 200 posts now. With the recently updated Tots100 scores, my blog’s latest ranking, amongst the thousands of blogs registered with them, is at 150, which is way more than …
#ElfTakeover Week 4
Another week, another load of Marty photos…! The time has come to say goodbye to Marty. The Husband has been the Marty-mover each night, and whilst he has enjoyed it, I think he’s happy to see him go, as inspiration can run out! He will be missed by the children. Boo has enjoyed finding him each …
A Great Shopping Experience
This is a ‘credit where credit’s due’ post. We’ve just spent an afternoon out and about, and popped in to John Lewis, Tamworth, on our way home, to pick up a Click & Collect order. It being a Saturday afternoon, a few days before Christmas, I’d prepared myself for mayhem and said to the Husband …
Just Use The Smileometer
How much do you spend on Christmas presents? How much is foolishly excessive and how much is just meagre? I don’t know! And does it vary depending on how many children you have and how old they are? My children are quite small – 4 and 1. This has it’s advantages. At this age, gifts …
#ElfTakeover Week 3
Another busy week here for Marty! Looking back at last week’s fun, Life With Munchers loved Mummy is a Gadget Geek’s Snowman fun and Such A Mama, with the elf dressing up over there! My personal favourites were Through Niks Lens – poor hostage elf! and Elf Pepper climbing his ladder over at 3 …
#ElfTakeover Week 2
Well, Marty has been a busy little elf this past week! Boo is now totally comfortable with him, after a rocky start, and loves going downstairs every morning to find him. She’s already telling me she’ll be sad when he leaves us – I’ll cross that bridge when we get there! Little Man also seems …
Compare4Kids Children’s Gift Finder
I was interested to explore the Compare4Kids website recently. They’re running a blogger competition to win some presents for the children in time for Christmas, and are asking us to pop over and use their Gift Finder facility, with Boo’s help, of course! I was intrigued… The gift finder is really simple to use – Boo …
My Versatile Blogger Award
I was flattered when Sara at MumTurnedMom nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award recently – thank you very much, Sara 🙂 It’s an award given by other bloggers who enjoy reading your blog, and feel you write an interesting and diverse range of posts – lovely! I need to share seven random facts with …
Not Another Bug
Boo isn’t going to pre-school again now until the new year. If you’re thinking, that’s early for them to break up, no, no, no, they break up on 20th December. I just don’t want her to go in again until after Christmas. Why? Illnesses. They are absolutely rife. It seems that as soon as the …
A Welcoming Christmas Entrance
I’ve got most of my shopping done, the cards are written, the elf is in play, so now it’s time to get the house looking fabulous and Christmassy, and get going on our Christmas countdown activities. We have an artificial tree here, which comes down from the loft each year, we’ve a whole raft of …
Boo Draws Christmas
We’re joining in again with the fabulous This Mummy Loves for her Draw With Me linky, and this month, Maisie has chosen Christmas as the theme. Well, that’s handy, as all Boo seems to want to paint and draw this month is Christmas-related anyway! Here is her entry.. It seems that Marty, our elf, has …