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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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’. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]