If you could have just one room, all to yourself, what would be in it? What colours would you choose? What would it smell like? I’m daydreaming a little. This is my, ‘when we win the lottery…’ room. And so what would it be like? I make no secret of the fact that I’m a …
Regular readers will know that Boo likes her art. When I spotted last month’s Draw With Me linky, she was straight in to her felt tips preparing to draw the movies, and can you imagine her surprise and delight when she won?! She was so very pleased and proud of herself – it was really …
I joined in a Twitter chat last week, in partnership with Save the Children and their Born to Read campaign. It shocked me. It upset me. It stayed with me. I learned that ‘A fifth of 7-year-olds from poorer families are already behind in reading. Most struggle to catch up, leading to a lifetime of …
I was lucky enough to be invited along to a John Lewis Christmas preview evening recently. A lovely seasonal buyer, Jane, was there talking to us about the themes for this year and some of the gorgeous products that they have ready for us. There were also staff there from our local stores, and I …
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I read a post by the lovely Tara over at Sticky Fingers Blog, where she has summed herself up in just one word. Just one. And then asked other bloggers to share theirs, too. Yes, I’d love to do that, sounds fun. And then I sat here about to write this and share my one …
Boo now goes to pre-school for two days a week, which means that it’s just me and the Little Man for those days. Now, he does like his naps, so I manage to get some work done in the mornings while he sleeps, and then it’s lunchtime and we’re off out after that. Invariably, ‘off …
So how’s your weekend been? Wet and windy like ours? I’ve really felt it not being able to get out to a park or go for a lovely walk this weekend, but it’s just not so enjoyable when it’s pouring with rain (especially as Little Man hates keeping his rain cover on the pushchair and …
It was Boo’s 4th birthday last week, so we decided to treat her to a night away at Alton Towers’ Splash Landings hotel. After a leisurely morning spent opening and playing with presents, we loaded up the car and made the journey northwards. We arrived at the hotel at around 2pm, and our room was …
Are her books popular in your house? Surely, if you have young children, you have at least 1 Julia book? It’s an assumption that I make, as we have so very many of her books, and they are absolutely adored here! We shared our favourite books in a post earlier this week, and Julia Donaldson …
As it’s Children’s Book Week, and as we do like our books here, I thought it would be fun to share our current favourites (note I do say ‘current’ – these can change on a month-by-month basis!) I asked Boo to choose her 10 favourite books. She’s just four, so this in itself was no …
As you’ll no doubt know from my recent posts, it was Boo’s 4th birthday last week. So much fun and excitement here, and as you’d imagine, seemingly endless gifts all over the place. I’m pleased to say that one of the presents that we bought her definitely caught her attention, as it’s travelled with her …
Boo was very excited recently to win a drawing competition, over at This Mummy Loves. The theme was ‘movies’ so she drew Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel (complete with Pascal!) and Smurfette. She enjoyed every moment, of course, and will be entering again this month, with the theme of ‘Halloween’ – why not get your little ones …
The lovely Em over at Snowing Indoors is asking us to share a little of our weekend, in photos with her. So, here’s a flavour of ours… It was mainly about this… It was Boo’s birthday on Thursday, which of course meant we were still opening presents, seeing family, playing with new toys and generally …
I adore this photo. I love the chaos of a birthday morning that it represents. Boo sitting there amidst paper, cards and strewn gifts. The husband on the edge futilely trying to tidy up around her. Little Man, in motion, wreaking havoc wherever he goes. Boo ripped open cards and presents at the speed of …
