My day has been pretty rubbish: I hurt my back helping DH fix the bed that the removals men had failed to put back up correctly. I had to yank a giant splinter out of my foot, which has added to my limp and then I wrangled my three-year-old, who was complaining bitterly about the rain- around the new school campus trying to find the ballet class I needed to pick LBG up from. The biggest highlight was having the Gas man switch the Aga on. By … [Read more...]
{Review} My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – Welcome to Ponyville
I read today that children are more fond of the toys and characters from the eighties than they are the modern characters and activities. Which works out well for me because I didn't get most of them first time around, living overseas as I did. A survey of 1,000 parents by Clearvision – to mark the launch of the new My Little Pony on DVD for the first time in the UK – found the overwhelming majority of young children prefer traditional toys to … [Read more...]
{Review} Lego Lunch Box
The Girls were delighted when, on the first day back at school, they came home to a parcel of fabulous Lego Lunch boxes and drinks bottles from STORE. It took about ten minutes to unwrap and wash them before they were in use: hosting a 'packed tea' on the front lawn at the end of a hot day. The Description: Our classic LEGO® Lunch range is based on the creative and playful world of The LEGO® Group. It consists of a lunch box, smaller … [Read more...]
Cereal Box Craft: Mini Doctor’s Kit
I was recently challenged to get crafty with a cereal box. It can be quite tricky when you are given a product with which to craft. You have to look at it for a while and mull it over. Anthea at Zing Zing Tree is a great advocate for this approach to craft and comes up with some amazing things. I tend to have a reactive approach to crafting. My girls have an obsession with bags. They love carrying things around in anything, whether it is a … [Read more...]
{Review} Activity Toys Direct
I promised The Girls that when we moved, we would get them a trampoline. They left behind a fantastic swingset/climbing frame with built-in tree-house and picnic table, as well as the playhouse we had installed for LBG's first birthday, so they gave up a lot in the move. A trampoline seemed like a perfectly reasonable request. I know nothing about trampolines. I just knew that I wanted one 'that big' that was safe and secure and well-built. As … [Read more...]
Moving on
For the past few months things have been a little fraught at DG Manor. We have been negotiating and hoping and praying that we would be able to buy a new house, sell ours, move The Girls to a new school. It's been like trying to sort out a Rubik's cube: there have definitely been days where it felt further away than ever. But at lunchtime on Friday we received the news. Which means I have five working days to plan and orchestrate 'Moving … [Read more...]
Instagram Blog Hop: it has awesome written all over it.
You follow me on Instagram, right? Tell me you do! Actually I'm fairly sure the constant stream of photos of the stunning Norwegian countryside made you unfollow me. But follow me again, please? There's something in it for you, honestly. See that little linky mcthingy down there vvv ? That's for you. Join in and share your instagram profile and you could gain lots of followers. Added to which, have you seen the people who have put this baby … [Read more...]
