The promised snow has yet to fall in our neck of the woods, though I have seen evidence on Notes From Lapland Lancashire that there is some further North (and West). But we did have some appalling rain and hail this morning which rather cramped our plans to get out on the beach for some fresh air. Before Christmas, as is our tradition, we sat down to make cards for family and God-parents. Because we have a local charity that collects plastic … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week 4
On Sunday we had a lovely day with family: the cousins are at the age where they are finally starting to play as a group, meaning less input from parents. And therefore more chance of us having a complete conversation. We had a great time making marble runs with pipe lagging (an idea I got from pinterest) and playing in the park. On Monday we spent time with Granny M, and made splatter paint Haggises, then on Tuesday the builders arrived with the … [Read more...]
Kitchen Stars cooking classes, Croydon.
When Gymboree made my daughters cry, I was utterly devastated. Needless to say I handed in our notice, writing a furious accompanying letter. And then I had to work out what to do next. Tuesday is Dimples' Day: LBG is at school so it's just me and her. We used to do Gymboree then get errands done before the school run. I had to find something new to fill the time slot Gymboree had left vacant. Lucky for me, there was a place left on the … [Read more...]
Haggis craft for Burns’ Night
DH and I took The Girls to the supermarket this weekend, which is something we rarely do. Remarkably, things went smoothly. Even more remarkably, the staff gave DH a voucher as a 'goodwill gesture' from the management: the man in front of us was short of money and DH very kindly made up the difference. If this is an example of the level of service you get in a Waitrose then I shall spend more time in there: at the very least I want to try out the … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week 3
Sunday, as ever, was a day of beach walks and packing up to come back to London. This weekend ended slightly earlier as LG had yet another birthday party to attend. On Monday night we had dinner with old friends/employers in Wimbledon and didn't get home until 1am, which meant that I have been struggling to keep up ever since. Then Tuesday … [Read more...]
BritMums 2012 Meet and Greet
I've got my ticket and I'm really excited to be attending BritMums Live this year. There are some amazing speakers that i am very keen to meet in Real Life, some I am excited to be catching up with and others that I owe a drink to and will be trying to avoid! I'm keen to have a full spreadsheet of who is in which category before I get there, so I'm joining in the Stepford Wifey (aka Carly of Mummy's Shoes) BritMums Meet and Greet. So … [Read more...]
Lets go fishing: how to make pipe-cleaner fish.
I got a parcel this morning and couldn't wait to share it with the Girls. I bought a Magnifying Glass and Tweezer set for them. I also bought a second set of tweezers so there was no fighting. A couple of minutes later and they were sorting Halloween pompoms into muffin tins. Naturally, a few minutes after that they were fighting because using the tweezers was challenging, and they moved on to grabbing as many as they could with their … [Read more...]
