I love a good tub. I love the startle-the-horses clippy-shuttiness of them. I love their sense of thriftiness and the impression they give that baking occurs in my house. I don’t handwash my favourite bra, but I do handwash my favourite Klip-It pot. My Tupperware is my castle – and woe betide anyone that tries to assail my […]
Is it just me that’s getting envious of the office party? My husband regaled me with his December social schedule yesterday and I was, frankly, jealous. I so clearly remember when the Christmas run-up was a giddy whirl, when I looked forward to the steady all-dayer of Christmas Day itself as a nice rest from […]
View image | gettyimages.com It’s 4.45am. Outside it is pitch black. The heating hasn’t come on yet. On the sofa lies a barely discernible shape. A small creature seems to be alternately lolling and bouncing on the lumpen object, which occasionally emits a kind of grunt, crossed with a groan. It is a beast endemic […]
There’s a whole lotta love going on at #GetYourCraftOn #GYCO, a monthly craft challenge set by either Anthea at ZingZing Tree, Maggie at Red Ted Art, Ali at Kids Chaos or Liz at Me And My Shadow. My piece is not strictly craft-y but it’s certainly LOVE-y, and as I was kindly invited to join in […]
You’re always complaining we’re fussy eaters, mummy. You accuse us of being cussed, or say we’re just doing it to wind you up. If there’s someone else there, you trill “but he eats this at home!”, more shame to you. You cry into your Annabel Karmel book, stroking the mini fish pie page and moaning […]
This Valentinestide, I was tagged in My Petit Canard’s beautiful “Love Is…” post by the lovely Mummy Swan @Theswan_project. So, here we go: …Searching for a teeny, tiny Star Wars Lego minifigure in a teeming, grimy ball pit – and finding it! …Wishing all day that they would all just go to sleep; then as soon as they are all […]
Who will I play Toddler Ping Pong with now hubs is back at work? It’s the big back-to-work day and I’m not ready. I’m the lucky one – it’s my husband going back to work, not me. This time last year I was delighted to get back to “my ship, my rules”, but this year […]
If I were the mother who wrote a diary for her baby Telling her first year’s story for her to enjoy later If I were the mother who made storybooks for her child, Written and illustrated and bound just for her If I were the mother who was silly with her children, Hooting with laughter, clowning […]
If nativities are not the point of being a parent, I don’t know what is. Never mind the wondrous day of their birth, their first steps, their first words – the day I first saw my child dressed as a lamb mouthing ‘Away in A Manger’ was the day I knew I’d made it. I […]
Dear dummy fairy, I’ve seen you peering in the nursery window. I caught you trying to open the emergency dummy drawer (as if you could with your puny fairy arms!). I’m sorry I slammed your wing in the car door when I’d just put my baby in his seat. But you have to understand – […]
Receiving flowers is such a joy. As my neighbours know well. I very rarely get sent them, but when I do, you can be sure I’m out when the delivery man comes, and I have to pop apologetically next door with the children squabbling behind me. But this time was different! Bloom & Wild offer a […]