Ok so I know it’s easy for me to say that ‘simple things work best for kids’, when I like simple things. It’s not so easy now a days for people who like expensive trips, toys, holidays etc and they can’t afford it. It’s all very well for people to say that we shouldn’t be so materialistic, but for many […]
Holidays, I’m still a fan of ‘simple’ and some top tips for travelling
Video Wed: Back To School and Back To Mine
So it’s back to school for Curly Headed Boy for two days, one of which is a Royal Wedding Party! Then off for a long weekend and back again. Then it’s 3 weeks to half term and 5 1/2 weeks until the summer holidays! I’ve enjoyed the Easter holidays with the kids, we didn’t do anything major, but I’ll do […]
Video Wed: Music for the soul
Little Dimples is particularly keen on acoustic music, I think I must have listened to the live lounge a lot when I was pregnant. Whereas Curly Headed Boy prefered pop and sparkle when he was her age; particularly Justin timberlake or the Pussycat Dolls ( must be from those Pole dancing classes I was doing when I was pregnant, but […]
Wow what a seaside find and first trips to sea for little dimples
The kids and I are on a bit of a road trip. We started with a friend of mine who lives in Warminster. As it turns out she lives in the perfect house for the kids as it is an old grange, so really exciting for them, plus with all sorts of fab things like fish, ducks and chickens. The […]
Exhaustion Tips: Music is food for the soul
Music, it’s amazing. It can literally give you energy from nowhere. Knackered in the morning? Turn on glee, Mamma Mia, or any eighties blast from the past (if you’re old like me!) Need to do the cleaning? Some rock will definitely work. Feeling sad? Then either really go for it and put on some sad music and enjoy the sadness […]
Crying is Good
Crying. Sometimes there are tears of joy, sometimes tears of happiness, and even inspired tears of gratitude to life. The most annoying are angry tears; I remember getting infuriated with myself when I worked in Oracle (big american IT firm), because when I was at my angriest I would cry. Then there are sad tears. I’m not a great crier, […]
Video Wed: The Gratitude Dance
Some of you may have come across this video before, but I love it! I’m a keen advocate of being grateful for what we’ve got, not so that we ‘settle’, but because from there we can appreciate life and get even more. These guys appeal to kids in particular, and made this fabulous ‘gratitude dance’. I ask Curly Headed Boy […]
I’ve been Nominated for a MAD award: Yay!
The MADs are the Mum and Dad blog awards are one of the biggest blogging awards for Mummy Bloggers like me. I’ve always wanted to be nominated, and this year I have been, Yay! Now I know that awards are not meant to matter, but I’m one of those people who does like a bit of a pat on the […]
Exhaustion Tip: Caffiene and panic attacks
The worst thing about being exhausted sometimes is then not being able to get to sleep. I’ve got several tips on this, but the first is the most obvious; self-inflicted insomnia! Do you ever lie down and your heart is pumping a hundred to the dozen? It almost feels like you are having a panic attack, and despite feeling awful […]
Video Wed: Glee Addiction
So, I have succumbed! Little Dimples was ill a couple of weekends ago, and while she needed to be held and rocked I gave in to the phenomenon that is Glee, and watched half of season 1 pretty much back to back! At one point when she was better she opened her eyes, danced a bit, gave me a huge […]
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