Mummy & Strife

[...] lucky to live next to a park and have a beautiful view across it from our upstairs windows. My Sunday Photo this week is looking across that park to the beautiful pink sunrise.  [...]

I don't allow water play at the kitchen sink often as it takes all my will power to not panic at every splosh of water that cascades over the edge of [...]

As you can see, Millie is a Peppa Pig fan. I was buying some pic 'n' mix the other day and saw they had a pink chocolate piggy so bought her one and t [...]

So lovely to see the sunshine today. Although the windchill is still bitterly cold, the warmth of of the sun on my face away from the wind is like an [...]

Here we are, day two of half term and I don’t think I’ve counted another grey hair! Whoop! The plan today was to bake bread and see The Lego Movi [...]

On Wednesday, we went to the National History Museum in London. I’d already suggested to Stuart that it would be nice to spend a family day going to [...]

Sorry, time ran away with me toward the end of half term there and I didn’t find the time to blog. So where was I? Thursday? Oh yes, Thursday! We ma [...]

Day Five and Callum and my last day of the half term holidays together and we had been invited for a Play Date. A perfect way to finish off our week. [...]

[...] has the afternoon off work. Hoping to be able to squeeze in bread making and go to see The Lego Movie at the cinema. Will be back to blog about it tomorrow! Happy Half Term Adventures All! [...]

[...] and Callum were all excited about the bread making when I decided to change the plan to see The Lego Movie so I had to try to get both activities in. Therefore, after dropping Millie at nursery and [...]

[...] risen again so I went to collect her. Poor little mite is on the sofa under a blanket watching Peppa Pig (I know what a shocking mother I am,  first taking her to nursery after having a high [...]

[...] 'naughty' habits and when it's not. I remember a while back children were being banned from Peppa Pig because it taught children to jump in muddy puddles but surely that's a part of childhood [...]

[...] feet from quite early on, I really expected her to be running about by now. However, the bum shuffle has developed into a kind of monkey crawl with one knee crawling, one leg reaching [...]

[...] . She rolled when she was 12 weeks and then hardly ever rolled again. She took forever to bum shuffle and then started a half crawl, half bum shuffle around 14 months. Now, with Millie being our [...]

[...] It’s half term and, where I’d usually be filled with fear about how we were going to spend the time, keep busy [...]

[...] Here we are, day two of half term and I don’t think I’ve counted another grey hair! Whoop! The plan today was to bake bread and [...]

[...] Sorry, time ran away with me toward the end of half term there and I didn’t find the time to blog. So where was I? Thursday? Oh yes, Thursday! We made [...]

It’s half term and, where I’d usually be filled with fear about how we were going to spend the time, keep busy and not just waste it looking out a [...]

Day Five and Callum and my last day of the half term holidays together and we had been invited for a Play Date. A perfect way to finish off our week. [...]

I've been observing Callum and Millie recently (as you do) and realised how quickly they are growing up! Thought it was about time I did an update her [...]

[...] Millie Moo is poorly today. She had a temperature in the night and woke a couple of times. She perked up a [...]

[...] with wet weather gear and wellies and the boys, Edward especially, loved jumping in the muddy puddles and exploring the woody areas. Callum managed to fall splat in a number of muddy areas in true [...]

[...] back children were being banned from Peppa Pig because it taught children to jump in muddy puddles but surely that's a part of childhood and we just need to teach them that the right time [...]