Anyone for Ballet?

Sorry I’m so behind everyone.  I’m out every night this week.  Next week there is a bit of a lull so I’m hoping to catch up then.  It’s mad but great.  Tonight’s outing was a bit unexpected as we’ve won a family ticket to go and see Swan Lake at the theatre in Nottingham. 
Miss E [...]

Stuff I will not be getting my kids for Christmas

There are some toys I just do not want in my house. 
This is one of them.

I mean, Bratz freaked me out enough, but these are just wrong though I have no idea why.  Maybe it’s because I equate plastic horses to real horses, while Bratz look nothing like real people??
Or maybe it’s because it makes [...]

The Battle

I want you to do something for me as you read this post.  I want you to read it in the style of a sports commentator.  You’re watching an epic battle, a fight that goes beyond exhaustion.  I’m talking sweat and tears here people.  It’s not pretty.
Ready?
Take a deep breath, and, GO. 
“ROUND 1
And it’s a left [...]

Fight Club

After yesterday’s verbal battery you’d think my kids would go easy on their Daddy today.

Especially as we are spending the day with his delicate 79 year old mum aka Grandma.

But it seems Miss E had other ideas.

Miss M and I just watched.

Does that make us guilty by association?
Ah well, we can cope with that.

Poor Daddy

So the other day I told you about how I, as a naive 18 year old, complimented my then boyfriend/now husband on the loveliness of his luscious lashed soft hazel eyes, by erm, comparing them to a donkeys.
Well today, with no prompting from me, Miss M took the animal comparisons a step further…

Rosie:  ”I do [...]

Snow bound?

I want snow.
Want, want, want it.
I know it’s cold and wet and slippery. 
I know it makes getting around a nightmare.
But my kids have never had a snow day. 
Miss E has sledged once, Miss M has never sledged.  We’ve built a grand total of four snowmen with them and have never been able to create an [...]

I blame George Clooney

Do you ever get that feeling that your kids are so cute you should probably draw moustaches on them?
I had that thought last night as I peeped in on their sleeping forms, both curled foetal like, each facing their respective walls, small noses tucked beneath warm soft blankets. 
Miss M was snuggled between her heart cushion and her Mickey [...]

Animal Lover?

Isn’t it weird that we often compare the things we love to other things we love?
For example I think the singer Norah Jones has a voice like chocolate, smooth and rich and velvety.  Nothing offensive there right?
So as a big nature lover I often use the medium of ‘animal’ to describe my loved ones. Misses E [...]

One for the girls

Tonight I’m off to my lovely friend Claire’s house for a Virgin Vie night.  I have my eye on a nude lip liner that I really like, and there’s always a ton of other gorgeous stuff.  I could also do with some of that weird green foundation that is meant to even out your complexion [...]

Marriage and crossing the road

The lovely plumber, Dave, is in the kitchen fixing our boiler, while myself, Miss M, cousin ME, cousin baby J and Granny are in the living room.  The door is closed as we try to keep the warmth from the fire close to our chilled bones.  Miss M is drawing pictures on Christmas cards for [...]