Tag: It’s where it is
A Higgidy garden picnic while reading Rebecca
A little while ago I was sent a lovely picnic bag from Higgidy and vouchers to try out their quiches. The idea was that we’d have a family picnic. The reality is that that was the week both the little children got sick in succession, and apart from shopping, the furthest I got from the…
Dora and Friends – the Magic charm toy range
One of the things my kids love about my blogging is receiving exciting parcels. This one, with the Nick Jr logo on it promised good things. It did not disappoint. How’s this for a box of goodies? These are the new Dora and friends toys. Dora has grown up a little since Big was shouting…
Saturday snippets 25 July 2015
{Sitting} mainly sitting. I spent most of the morning, well day in fact, feeling not a lot of anything while various painkillers rampaged through my system battling pain. And then eventually it wore off. {Enjoying} People liking my snail pictures on instagram. Honestly, it is a buzz taking pictures that people enjoy. I’m not, and…
Playing with Paper – a somethingosaur
A night or two ago our bedtime story was The somethingosaur by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Russell Ayto. It’s a lovely story of a little lost something who treks all over the ancient world, looking for his mother. It rhymes, which makes it easy to read aloud, there’s mild peril (rhyming creature with eat yer!)…
Boy hair.
Tigerboy is 3 and 4 months, and until today, he’d never had a haircut. He never wanted one. It was his hair, and I thought it should be his decision. And yes, I loved his gorgeous blonde locks, so very soft and fine. Occasionally it annoyed him by getting in his face or mouth, and…
Education in the garden with Miles Kelly/ The Wildlife trusts handbooks
A few weeks ago I picked up several rather lovely Miles Kelly/ wildlife trusts handbooks in Lidl. I got British Birds, British Wildflowers and Trees Handbook (British Handbooks) (amazon affiliate link), and British wildlife. They’re not just fact books, although that would be pretty good in itself. Instead they’re structured as handbooks, with spaces for…
Saturday Snippets 18 July 2015
{travelling} to London, on a train. There may have been pictures. {starting} to write another story. As I explained to someone tonight, I’ve started so many stories over the years. I have boxes of them, some finished, most just snippets. This one though, I’ve been trying to ignore, and it won’t go away. I wake…
Potty training no 4 with Huggies Pull-Ups
Tigerboy isn’t quite ready for potty training. I keep trying, but given that his preference for doing no 2 (sorry!) is hiding in a corner in best “I’m not pooing” pose (see above), I don’t think we’re quite there. He will use the potty, but I find that we often degenerate into a Joyce Grenfell-esque…
