This Christmas Eve, despite our best efforts, husband got mildly pissed at a friend’s gathering, which in returning home led to a slow descent into cantankerous intolerance as we tried to get our three-year-old to bed amidst tears, protestations and threats of no presents if he didn’t go to sleep. He was still up, faffing… Continue reading ‘Twas the night before Christmas…and all went to pot
I’m trying something new in this post (hope it doesn’t sound too’PR’) and talking about a children’s book that I was sent some info on recently. I really liked it and thought you might too. It’s a children’s cookbook called Mission Cookpossible, written by Amelia Thorne and illustrated by Jose Fragaso. The characters are funny… Continue reading Cooking with imagination
“Where art thou, Mother Christmas? I only wish I knew Why Father should get all the praise And no one mentions you.” Roald Dahl had it about right when he wrote the above. This year, I made Herbie a special postbox from an old Cheeseballs container, covered it with red card, cut a letterbox in… Continue reading Mother Christmas gets a raw deal
We had a day out to Kipling’s country home, Bateman’s in Burwash, recently and it was another great National Trust visit. After the usual argument in the car park about where the entrance was and why we were not walking there immediately, we explored the grounds and the wider countryside as it was a bright… Continue reading If you can keep your head when, all around you, a toddler is having a meltdown…
After a difficult week, with our toddler at the ‘pushing the boundaries’ stage, I thought I’d share these pearls of wisdom from him. On beauty regimes: ‘Mummy you haven’t done your make up this morning…you really should.’ On fashion: ‘I am not wearing that cardigan. It is so NOT COOL.’ On self-awareness: ‘If I’m naughty,… Continue reading Top 5 toddler tips of the week
My Beautiful Diary of the Amazingly Mundane 