50 books challenge: July update
I’m back on my reading again this month, and am going to start back on real books rather than ebooks, as my pile doesn’t seem to be going down fast enough at all. Head over Heels – Sara Downing Shopaholic…
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Proud moment
It’s great when you hear someone else saying something lovely about your child. Obviously family say it all the time, but we’re biased, so it’s nice to hear it from someone else. We’ve had the worry about N having slight…
Royal baby fever
It’s always a bit of an odd thing when something new happens with the royal family. It should be a joyous occasion, but there’s always some people putting a downer on it. Although I guess that’s not singular to the…
Delivery – Milk & More
I’ve never thought of having a milk delivery service – let’s face it, I live in the middle of nowhere…couriers struggle to find us, even though we’re on sat nav, so I wouldn’t be expecting milkmen to turn up in…
Deja vu park play
This weekend’s been a bit disjointed. It’s been full of chores, and we’ve not really done anything specific; we’d been planning Sunday adventures, but a call from the youngest cousin yesterday saying he wanted to come and play with N,…
Fruit & Fizz: Homemade ice lollies
Last week I spotted some homemade lemonade lollies on a blog, remembered the lolly moulds I bought on sale a couple of years ago, and decided to get some Pinterest ideas. I’m still trying (not that the OH’s having any…
Unexpected shopping experience
We’ve had an unpredictable day today. It should have been just like any other Saturday….getting jobs done, shopping – food and tasks in town, going to the bakery, dropping off some returns at another village shop, popping to see my…
Eating out – are restaurants failing children?
The last couple of days saw a report out from the Soil Association and Organix about ‘child-friendly’ (or not) restaurants (link http://www.soilassociation.org/outtolunch). If you’re someone who takes your children out to eat, then it can make interesting reading, to see how…
Learning names
It’s taken until now for N to really get to understand and learn names. He’s obviously known his own for a long time – both the proper word (although being long, he can’t say it in full similar to most…
Getting healthy
I love food. I love food that’s bad for you as well as nice healthy stuff, and I know what I’ve done in the past to lose a good amount of weight. Exercise lots and count calories, keeping a diary. …
School dinners vs packed lunches
Last week, there were indignant voices from parents and others about proposals that schools should ban packed lunches (ok, so I’m behind…) I’m all for making life easy as a parent, and having good school lunches would definitely do that. …
