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Six Love

Monday, January 24, 2011

Fabulous Pensive Busy Friendly Grumpy Curious Loved Love you baby girl. Can’t believe you’re six today. Doesn’t seem all that long since we were discussing why it is not a good idea to paddle in your potty. Sighhhhhhh

E and M perform Cinderella for your delight and entertainment

Thursday, December 23, 2010

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Miss E and M do a little panto for Barnardo’s. Apologies for the scary make-up; we’ve been doing a Toys R Us review and it included face paints. Here they are displayed at the slightly crusty stage. Enjoy. Hope you’re not too traumatised. If you enjoyed that then please donate if you can, and if [...]

Who lives in a house like this? Celtic Haven we’re moving in!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Who lives in a house like this? Celtic Haven we’re moving in!

Come on in, let me show you round… Isn’t it gorgeous? This was our home for three days and two nights. Three days of pretending that this little bit of heaven was ours. On the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastline, known for its tales of pirates and fairies, our weary travellers arrived at their destination on a dark and rainy [...]

Heading to a Celtic Haven

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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Today I am wearing my ‘just keep plodding head’ but I have my ‘going to have a lovely time’ head ready. Why? Well tomorrow myself and my two little girls are jumping on a train and heading to the gorgeous Welsh countryside to spend a weekend at Celtic Haven with lovely Linda, the fabulous Peabea and gorgeous [...]

Cartwheeling with a Toys R Us Giraffe

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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La famille Beaufoix has a new role. Or is it have a new role? Anyway it is very serious and important and fabulous and one we plan to fulfill to the best of our abilities. It will be tough. There may be hard times, tears, squabbles, possibly even bruises, but we will soldier on because we live to [...]

Sometimes it’s hard being five

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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Sometimes it’s hard being five People take you to places like inner city beaches and expect you to have fun. They expect you to jump up and dance when you’re watching Johnny and the Raindrops, even though you’re quite happy to sit and strum along in a quiet way. And you can never quite keep up with your [...]

Mum to a ten year old now

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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Today I am Mum to a 10 year old. My little blonde girl has been here a whole decade. The thing is, I can’t remember, or even imagine a time when she wasn’t here. My heart won’t let me do it. Maybe that’s just because I’m in a soppy mood today, but whatever it is, it’s fine [...]

Random moment of the day

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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I’m sat reading. A stolen moment while Miss M plays with her ponies at my feet and Miss E is at her friend’s house. I feel, rather than notice her stare, and look up to be met by slightly glazed eyes that are looking through me rather than at me. Then she speaks. Miss M: “Mummy, it’s hard [...]

Big What??

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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I’m driving Misses E and M, and my nieces aged 3 and 6 to school. We’re stopped at traffic lights beside a row of shops when Miss M decides to share her developing reading skills with us… Miss M: “b, i, g, b, a, p, s. Big Baps Mummy.” I stifle a snort. Me: “Yes that’s a cob [...]

Sometimes You Just Know…

Monday, April 19, 2010

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It’s weird the stuff kids remember isn’t it? Sometimes they truly surprise you. They see stuff you somehow miss, and remember things that enter your brain but are swiftly extinguished replaced by bigger, ‘better,’ more grown up concerns. And I wonder to myself, ‘What made that stand out for them? What was it that meant [...]