It’s good that Grannies love you whatever

We’re at my mum’s house when Miss M and cousin ME bump into each other. It’s just a small moment, a second of contact but Miss M must have a tough nut as its collision with her cousin’s nose results in tears and the need for a cuddle from Granny.
As my little niece sobs on [...]

Thank you for the days

Sarah is today’s Fun Monday host, and she says;
I would like you to take your camera (or your artistic talents!) on a day tour with you. I want to know where you go, what you get up to on a “normal” day (disclaimer – it doesn’t have to be “normal”!). All the details you [...]

Bedtime Revelations

The things Miss M reveals to me at bedtime often make me laugh.  Sometimes I think it’s delay tactics, you know, that thing that all kids do to grant themselves a few more minutes of your company.  It’s kind of cool when you think about it.  I mean, this person is manipulating a situation so [...]

Mr B gets his PC back

The lights are dim.  Not dark, but softer somehow.  Maybe it’s something to do with the soft furnishings the light is bouncing between, instead of the cold tiles and stark white walls that normally surround me.
I sit beside Miss E as she sips her milk and we gaze at the singer on the TV, then [...]

Fate’s fate

What is it with sleep?
Or should I say, what is it with my kids and sleep?
This week Miss M has been in our bed 6 nights out of 7. There have been no nightmares, no tummy ache, no sickness, no nothing, except, no sleep.
And Miss E has lain awake tossing and turning and doing [...]

It’s just criminal

I’ve heard about people sneaking into a festival or concert. You know, like Glastonbury or Reading where the prices are gargantuan and the rewards enormous.
But never, no never did I ever believe I would see the sight that met my eyes today.
An old man and lady. Stooped, anoraked, bent double against the wind, [...]

Makes you want to wash your hands

I’m having a quick browse of the news pages looking for some inspiration for today’s post. My mind is a little numb due to a few rough nights with Miss M sleep wise, so while I have a few ideas I’m struggling to feel much motivation. When suddenly I come across a story [...]

Toadstool Tourists

This year Granny and Grandad have experienced a small invasion.

While unexpected and not necessarily their ideal ‘look’ for the front garden, there is something magical about these rotund little visitors that has meant my mum and dad haven’t rushed to dig them up.

I mean, how cute is that?   Potentially lethal maybe, but aren’t you [...]

Text-tastic

It’s about 5pm and I’m about to cook tea. Misses E and M are in that shell shocked ‘just got home from school/Granny’s’ mode, the one were they can only manage sitting in front of the TV and not a lot else. Their eyes are glazed, their mouths fixed in half smiles as [...]

Artistic differences?

Sometimes kids just don’t appreciate fine art.
It may have something to do with a certain aesthetic maturity, a sensitivity of mind that a child as young as three is just not yet experienced enough to attain.
Their minds are still white and clear, a book not yet written so they cannot see the back story to [...]