Exploring valleys and hills of Burton Dassett Country Park
Chance to explore the countryside at Burton Dassett Country Park in Warwickshire, hills for climbing and walking around
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What to do with unwanted gifts
We all have them. However many hints you drop, or wish lists you provide, there’s always an unwanted gift or two amongst a households Christmas presents. Unless of course, you’re the type of person who’s grateful for a miles too…
Toddler questions and answers
I’m now used to N’s incessant ‘what’s that?’ questions. He’s not yet moved on to ‘why?’ and doesn’t answer me when I ask him that in response to some of his comments or requests. But his questions are definitely amusing…
Little treats and gems of independent boutique shops
As a mum, it’s not often that I get a chance to go shopping for myself and treat myself to something really special. A lot of the time I’m either shopping for N, or trying to rush in some shopping…
300 Picture Book Challenge – week 1
So this is the first week of the 300 picture book challenge, and although I’m already back at work, it’s going pretty well. We tend to read in the morning after the OH’s gone out to work, and when N…
Genetic inheritance – children and parents
I find it really interesting seeing which parts of myself and his dad that N has inherited. It always amazes me when people say they can see either parent in a baby. To me, it’s a really hard thing to…
365 Photo a Day Project – week 1
I’ve never done 365 before so, am trying to see how I go with this. On working days I find it hard to get photos, so while I’d like to track what N gets up to each day, there’s likely…
Book review: The Carrot Cake Catastrophe
The latest book we received from Parragon Books is the Carrot Cake Catastrophe. N’s always keen on anything to do with food, so although it takes him a while to accept new books, as soon as he realised this was…
Potty training – heaven or hell?
As N’s almost 3 and starting in the pre-school room at nursery, I decided that maybe we should take a go at potty training. Post-Christmas, I had a week off work, so it was the perfect opportunity to at least…
Books, books and more books – 2013 into 2014 book challenges
I’m a bit of a book lover, although I do go through phases of not reading much at all…that’ll be last October and December then. I did however, still manage to complete my 50 books challenge in 2013 which was…
Announcing my Britmums Live! 2014 sponsor – Water Babies
Straight after arriving home from Britmums Live 2013, I was already thinking about what I wanted to do with my blog, and also thinking about next year’s conference. Having planned a bit further in advance this year, I am happy…
