The Hamster Wheel of Life
image credit This afternoon a friend of mine and I were discussing the similarities in our morning routines: getting reluctant kids dressed, serving up a breakfast that they’ll actually eat [...]
Back..I think
I’m back here for one reason – the beautiful, extravagant 2012 diary I bought to write in, didn’t work. I was never a proper diary-writer. Simply, I miss writing about [...]
Ashcombe Maze
Friday 6th January we went to Ashcombe Maze, near Red Hill, for the first time. It was such a lovely outing. We all loved the big hedge maze, getting lost [...]
Wish lists
I have a fairly grand personal wish list. Like an ultimate to-do list. Nothing on it is material – it’s not about possessions, but all about experiences, and places, and [...]
Cheap thrills
I think after my last woeful post, what I needed was a fairly good slap to snap me back to my usual self. But what worked equally well was watching [...]
My little charmer
Mr.2 – my little charmer. Everyone who meets him describes him as such. One friend of mine is completely besotted and each time she sees him, wants to take him [...]
Imagine
The boys got a good week’s worth out of this box – it’s been a cubby house, a tent, a bed, a hiding place, a fort, and a blank canvas [...]
Be a kid
I find the days I have with the boys work best when I pretend to be a kid, too. Earlier this week I took Mr.5 and Mr.2 to their favourite [...]
Chesterfield Farm visit
Yesterday as part of Mr.2′s end of year childcare excursion, I took Mr.5 and Mr.2 to Chesterfield Farm which is an animal farm specifically for kids…although I had just as [...]
When naughty is nice
I’ve done what I did last year with Mr.5 – come December I start hearing myself say, “Well you’d better be careful, Santa knows when you’re being naughty and you [...]
