Plazza or Plaaaazaaa

Just back from an amazing stay in London courtesy of Disney and the Think Parents group.
I tried to blog from my google phone last night but for some reason I could only add titles and tags, no actually text.  Weird.  Any ideas anyone?
Anywa, my girls are due back in about 20 minutes so I’m going [...]

Bye Bye Nursery

Tomorrow today is Miss M’s last day in Nursery.
I’m not sure if she grasps the enormity of the occasion.
Or maybe it’s not enormous when you are 4.
Maybe the bigger things are whether or not that spider on the wall is still going to be there, or if he has truly gone to do his shopping as [...]

I drove a bus

This week seems to be one of weird dreams.  Obscure moments of unnerving strangeness that I can barely remember but that leave me with an unsettling feeling for the rest of the day…or just random weirdness that makes you wake up and go, “wha?.”
For example…
I’m on some kind of  televised archaeology expedition/competition.  It’s almost night [...]

Do these kids look sick to you?

Back to school tomorrow, hooray.

No swine flu here.
And I couldn’t resist the one below as tonight we got to say goodbye to my lovely Ju.  Her 2 weeks in the UK have flown by, and been a little tainted by the blumming lergy alert, but at least we managed to spend an evening with her. [...]

Wobbly Bits and Hadrian’s Walk

I’ve just jumped out of the shower and am sat naked on my bed answering a quick email.
Miss M is lying beside me, and as I concentrate on the screen she prods me with her little pointy toe.
Then she prods again, harder.
Then harder.
And she’s laughing her head off.
Me:  ”Ow.  What are you doing to your [...]

I So Deserve Belgian Chocolate Haagen Daz

Can’t blog.  
Have Haagen Daz and White Zinfandel.
I’m now thinking it may have just been a general lergy as we’re all much better today.  I’m going to give them another day tomorrow and if they’re symptom free and school are happy, then I’ll send them back on Tuesday. 
So I’m celebrating with wine and ice cream [...]

Pyjama Days, Swine Flu and a Moment

We’re sitting huddled on the smaller of my now decidedly saggy green sofas.  Miss E is stretched out cat like on the larger one, comfortable in mismatched pyjamas, sleepy eyes glued determindly to the TV.  Miss M, in her red Christmas nightie, snuggles closer and scratches behind her ear as she absently brushes a strand [...]

Swine Flu Hits La Famille Beaufoix

On the day that it is revealed a teacher from my old school is being held over an assault on a 14 year old student that has left the child with serious head injuries, (so sad), we also discovered a close friend’s asthmatic 5 year old was being treated for Swine Flu.  Then we received [...]

Apparently Jesus Likes Disco

Not everyone believes in God, or Bob as I sometimes call him.  
That’s fine.  
Although I was brought up a Catholic, there have been times I’ve questioned stuff, and now I like to think I have my own version who just kind of smiles and nods a lot and basically fits most faiths idea of [...]

Drayton Manor Blog Invasion

Either it’s raining very hard here or Darth Vader is in my kitchen.  I’m not scared though, as I have had Pomme Bears and everyone knows they give you special powers.  Cough.
Anyway, now I am somewhat recovered from my weekend of madness and my ‘wobble’, let me tell you more about the Drayton Manor Bloggers [...]