Autumn left its coat off and let summer take a spin on the weather chart today. After dropping Charlotte & Sophie at school, Alice and I played on the beach. I was quick to ditch my boots and tights for bare legs, so I could dip my toes in with Alice (plus she wanted to […]
Month: April 2011
Weekend Highlights: from Football to a Doll House (with a car boot sale in between!)
Got to admire him… Partying till 1am (YouDo 4th Birthday), woken at 6am by his daughters jumping on him, spends the morning delivering flyers to advertise the school car boot sale, and then attempts a game of football. Twenty minutes into the game he’s injured and hobbles off the pitch. But his support crew stay […]
Lyrical Sunday: Weather (Week 14)
A poem from ‘Chicken Grandma’ too 🙂 Weather Sun, rain, wind or snow All have a beauty to put on a show Warm summer sun makes our hearts glow Rain waters the garden and helps plants to grow Wind moves the trees and makes kite flying fun Snow falls so quietly upon the soft ground […]
Us MAD Bloggers
I’d rather read blogs than magazines. I prefer reading about real lives than watching soap operas. The television is reserved for movie nights. My MacBook gets a lot more viewing hours. And I love writing. I’ve always loved writing. I prefer writing my thoughts to speaking them. I’m one of those people that would rather […]
Things I’m Loving! Purple tights, red boots & more!
LOVE Purple tights and red boots, because sometimes a girl likes to pretend she’s a cosmopolitan chick – even if she does get very strange looks at the school gates of her local school. So after cleaning the windows (that nobody but her notices whether they’re clean or not), and being the laundry fairy to […]
School Pick-up – the scenic route
Yesterday saw a return of the glowing ball in the sky, minus a southerly Antarctic chill. Since the clocks turned back at the weekend the weather has gone typically unpredictable. One day it is blowing a gail, pelting down horizontal rain and knocking toddlers off their feet, the next it’s warm enough to ditch the […]
Brum, brum! Beep, beep! Alice at 13 months.
Our little girl is a real toddler now. All running, climbing and creating mayhem, mess and mischief. With older sisters about there are so many goodies to get her hands on… pen marks aplenty are being found on walls and furniture – eek! Thought it was about time I shared a few pages out of […]
Upside Down this Lyrical Sunday!
A poem from my dear Mum (and wishing her and Chinese Grandma a very happy Mothering Sunday in the UK x): Spinning on our world of awe by Grandma – Celia Aspinall Spinning on our world of awe Day light there Night time here Whatever time Always dear Love birds Up-right – upside down Swinging […]
Things I’m Loving… this last week of daylight saving
The clocks have turned back. This morning when the girls awoke at 7am I wearily acknowledged the fact it was actually 6am. Tonight darkness will fall at 6.30pm. The long summer nights will, for a while, be but a memory. We shall rug up, play board games, watch sunsets and admire starlit skies before bed-time. […]
Carlucciland Playdate
Mix a sunny Saturday morning with a play-date at Carlucciland mini-golf and smiles are mostly guaranteed (sore losers not tolerated). Great for mini-golf, great for maths (hand over the score cards to the little’uns and *trust* they’ve done an accurate job when you discover you’ve lost again!). Hand over the iPhones to the children (carefully […]