Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet

We trick or treated.
It was our first time.
It was good.
We only went to well lit houses, or houses with pumpkins in windows, and the house with half the front lawn dug up and a vampire climbing out of a grave  and a lady with a scythe and a scary looking man who wasn’t actually in [...]

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Miss M’s Media Debut – Go on, watch it, it’s cute

Miss M reviews the Snowy, the Animagic Newborn Hopper.
Well sort of….
N.B.  That is not exactly Miss M’s real voice.  It’s a kind of scary baby voice she sometimes uses.  I have no idea why, but I remember Miss E doing it at around this age too.  It’s probably something to do with not wanting to [...]

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Casualties of War

There’s barely anything left.
An ornate shell, empty and yet full.  Brimming over with emotion -  the tears of a city and so much more.
It stands juxtaposed against the modern beauty of the new.  Poignant and fragile, a monument to loss, a reminder of past destruction, and a marker for future hopes.
In some ways it feels wrong [...]

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Does this make me a bad person ToysRUs

Why does this not make me a bad person?
Well because I am trying to help the lovely people at Zapf Creations by improving a classic design in a way that would mean my kids would be interested in this Baby Born Magic Feeding Girl Doll.
Why?
Well, Miss E is 10 and already has several Baby Borns [...]

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Bunny Love

Miss M runs in from the garden, her cheeks flushed, her eyes sparkling with what can only be described as pure glee.
Miss M:  ”Mummy, Mr Z and Mrs L are staring at each other like they’re engaged.”
I grin at my little girl, amused both by her excitement and by the picture she has painted of [...]

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Joining The Leisure Society – Happy

As the nights are drawing in and scarves and gloves are inching their way to the front of the scarves and gloves drawer, sometimes life can seem a little darker and colder too, but not for long if you follow my ‘get happy quick or I’ll beat you with a large marrow’ recipe.
Having seen quite [...]

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The one where the 10-year-old inadvertently declares all men obsolete

Miss E and her friend Miss L have developed a little obsession with The Game of Life.  You remember The Game of Life right?  The board game where you can go to work or college, learn to drive, get married, have kids, buy yachts, pay tax and end up spending your final years at the [...]

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The one where my child wishes for the untimely demise of every adult in our family

Miss M had her first independent play-date a couple of weeks ago.  When I say independent, I mean she went to a friend’s for tea, without me or any other friends, being there.
Before you have me down as an evil Mummy from planet evil who wears her best evil pants every other day to ensure [...]

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The Coolest Thing – E and M’s Kingdom

The coolest thing about having a whole farm park to yourself is that just for a little while you can pretend it is yours.
So here is our sheep

Our pony

Our adventure playground

Our willow tunnel

Our woodland walk

Our wellies

Our goat

and our donkey

(Because Mummy would still quite like to own a donkey)
P.S.  Those really are our wellies.

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Take Gran and Grandad away

Since becoming a single parent I’ve learned many things, but one of the most importantthings I have learned is that I am a very lucky girl. I am a very lucky girl because I have a family who will truly be there when I need them.
This past week my Mum and Dad have been amazing. [...]

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