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It’s just before 10am and we’re on our way to Rosie’s house for Misses E and M to play with Ingenious Junior, and for me to play have witty and intelligentĀ conversation and numerous cups of tea and coffee with Rosie.
As we stroll down a quiet sun filled street a middle aged man crosses the road […]
The lovely Lisa is hosting this week’s Fun Monday and she was kind enough to give us two choices for our Fun Monday subject.
The first is ‘What is the one thing you would like to ask your readers? Come up with a question to pose to your visitors and throw it out there.’
The second […]
I love my kids.
No honestly, I really do.
So why do I find this so satisfying?
Mwah ha ha haaaaaaaaa
Oh and I nearly forgot to lovely Dumdad reminded me.
Remember when I posted about a local girls Olympic success earlier this week??
Well, Mansfield lass Rebecca Adlington got her second Gold Medal today along with her second World […]
Miss M: “Will you hold this for me Mummy?”
I glance at Miss M. She is holding something tiny and invisible in her hand.
Me: “Erm, Ok M, what is it?”
Miss M: “Shhhhhhhh. You’ll wake him up.”
She gently places the little piece of imaginary something into my open palm then closes my […]
My niece ME is 4 years old. As she is 8 months older than Miss M she asserts she is the big girl on an almost daily basis and at times talks to Miss M like she is the wise maiden aunt who has led a long life and seen much of the world.
On […]
They lie quietly in the dusk filled room. Mother and daughter. Comfortable. Calm. Safe.
Soft towels lay damp and abandoned on the floor. Milk has been drunk, stories read and reread and cuddles shared.
Her fingers move slowly over the words known by heart as she glances at the form beside her. […]
So, now we’ve got that out of the way, wikihow has provided me yet again with some fabulous blog fodder in the form of this important and insightful advice on “How to be Comfortable Showering in Front of People.”
According to them; ‘Showering is natural. Showering with others might seem at first to be un-natural, […]
Sometimes Miss E gets a little fed up of her little sister’s questions. They come thick and fast and are often repeated, ridiculous and random. Generally Miss E copes very well. She is a lovely big sister and answers with patience, sharing her nearly eight year old knowledge with thought and care, […]
I promised to show you just how tired I was yesterday. That’s a kind of abstract thing to show right? But I can do it as I am clever like that.
No I don’t have a special chart that displays levels of tiredness according to eyelid droopage or size and shade of under eyebags.
There […]