It's going to spend the best part of the weekend raining down here in the South of England, so I know we'll be spending a good chunk of time making and cutting and painting and blu-ing (glueing), which is the Threeva's new favourite thing. If you are stuck indoors and searching for ideas, here are a few examples of things we have made recently: OK, so the last one was all me, but I really enjoyed making the heart-shaped wreath from … [Read more...]
Terrible Twos: tips for dealing with tantrums?
Parenting is terrifying, exhausting and at times utterly, utterly demoralising. I have never felt so weary, so despairing, such a total failure on such a regular basis, particularly at the moment*. Threeva seems to be revisiting the Terrible Twos in some style. There isn't an hour in the day that I am with her that she doesn't go into total and utter meltdown for the most unpredictable and seemingly innocuous reasons. And once she starts wailing, … [Read more...]
The Gallery: 24 hours with an Aspiring Domestic Goddess
There are days when I don't know at what point yesterday ended and today began, such is the number of times I have staggered from my bed to the nursery to deal with Dimples then crawled, sometime later, under the now-cold duvet for what I hope will be the last time until morning. Last night was one such night. This makes it tricky to know at what point to start the clock running on the task that Tara has set for this week's Gallery, but assume … [Read more...]
Made with Love
I mentioned earlier in the week that I'd share the recipe for these yummy Heart Shaped jammy-dodger-style biscuits with you. I guarantee they won't last until Valentine's Day!Ingredients125g caster sugar (you can use granulated too)350g plain flour125g self raising flourpinch of salt pinch of nutmeg (optional)125g unsalted butter125g golden syrup1 eggFor the icing (I've done this for so long I appear to have lost the recipe so tend to do it by … [Read more...]
February is the month to….
February is the month to celebrate love, particularly at DG Manor where, within the space of a few days, we will celebrate Valentine's Day, our Wedding Anniversary and the First Birthday of our precious Dimples. The plans are in place for the birthday party, and I have a stash of these fabulous Valentine's Lollipops ready to put in the party bags. They are so easy to make, and are recommended by Mini-Mads according to their Mum! I also … [Read more...]
She sells sea shells. The Gallery Week 44
Threeva has been learning about shapes at school, so this weekend when we were on the beach, we collected a whole bucket filled with shells and used them to make shell-shapes. All of which fits beautifully with Tara's theme this week at The Gallery: Shapes.Now go and check out the other entries for this week's Gallery. I guarantee they won't be dull! … [Read more...]
A good year: my goals for a better 2011
I have never been one to write resolutions, since I always fail at the first hurdle and by the end of January I'm ready to give up on life altogether and become a hermit in the Scottish Highlands so that no-one will ever have to endure the company of Our-Lady-Of-Perpetual-Misery-and-Shame that I would become by February 1st. Except that I don't know where the Highlands are, and am fairly sure I wouldn't like them since they are a) high, which … [Read more...]
