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Winter
Hasn’t the appearance of spring been a literal ray of sunshine. This winter has been an odd one, watery themed, not too chilled. Much of it spent watching the raindrops on the windows…. We became experts in puddle jumping and indoor activities. We felt grateful our home was a sanctuary from sogginess when other’s were overwhelmed with water. Rainy days can be peaceful. I like the drumbeat of drops on panes of glass. A...
A Postcard from Tanzania – #LastingChange
You may remember a few weeks back I took a small part in the Team Honk relay raising money for Sport Relief. Well the relay is still going strong, and to date has raised just shy of £22,000. Incredible!! And right at this moment Annie, Penny and Tania, the core of Team Honk, are in Tanzania seeing how the money raised is spent. Today is also International Womens Day, and to celebrate that the Team Honk crew have been sending bloggers postcards...
Top 5 Inspirational Women
It is International Women’s Day tomorrow, and in honour of that, Kate Takes 5′s listography topic this week is inspirational women. To be honest, I could have included so many more, but we are only allowed 5, so here are mine… 1) My Mum Of course my Mum inspires me, most of us are inspired by our Mums. As I have mentioned before, my Mum gave up her career to be there for us when we were small, then returned when we were...
Canvas Dezign Review and Giveaway
Like most parents, I have far too many pictures of my kids, mostly only in digital form where I am completely incapable of getting round to sorting them out for printing. So when asked by Canvas Dezign if I would like them to make me a canvas of one of my favourites, I was delighted to agree. Picking the picture was tricky, ideally I would have liked one of all three of my children, but unfortunately the older two have developed a loathing of...
Toddler Talk
I was woken up this morning by a 2 and a half year old, sitting next to me in my bed, his empty palms in front of him, asking the question ‘Where did my spider go?’ As an arachnophobic, there are few worse ways to welcome the day than that. And the thing with a toddler is you don’t even know if there was a spider. Their ability to imagine, misunderstand and contradict themselves knows no bounds. A few weeks back Syd told me he...
War and Oscars
As a person born in the seventies, I grew up with the Cold War still being a big thing. Nuclear war was the monster under our beds, the subject of terrifying and heartbreaking cartoons, and probably most people’s biggest fear. What would you do with your 4 minutes? Boil an egg? You wouldn’t have time to eat it, plus I like mine with a fairly solid yolk, so I would need 5. If they could please change it to an 8 minute warning I might...
Listography: Top 5 Simple Pleasures
Am delighted that Kate at Kate Takes 5 has resurrected Listography. I have always enjoyed writing to a prompt, especially as even I sometimes run out of things to say. This weeks theme is Simple Pleasures, and here are mine. 1) Bread and Proper Butter The bread should be fresh, white and crusty, and slathered with more butter than is entirely necessary. It must be proper butter, because I can believe that the other stuff...
Top iPad Apps for 2 Year Olds
My 2 year old, Syd, loves my iPad, in fact he claims it is his. I know some people frown on kids using technology, but I find it a brilliant educational tool. Of course that is in balance with all sorts of other indoor and outdoor play, a mix of everything is my parenting mantra! Along the way we have had hit and miss success with Apps, one of my big bug bears being games that start off free, but lead to toddler demands for often expensive in...
