Obviously, living on a farm means that N is obsessed with farms. He watches Tractor Ted, knows more than me about different farming vehicles and what they do (admittedly not hard), and is gradually building up his collection of farming toys. You’d think they’d fade into insignificance given that he could just go outside and […] Read more…
Last year we did the 300 picture books challenge and managed to complete it in May or June, reading 300 different picture books. I can’t say the same for my own personal challenge, it was a seriously poor showing and this month alone I’m not far off my 2014 books read total! This year, we’re […] Read more…
I think this week’s been a bit overwhelming for N. Turning four, and various things on at weekends, so he’s spent a lot of time chilling out in front of the tv when we’ve been home. I love that he’s clutching one of the books he chose to spend a birthday book token on. You […] Read more…
I’ve been to quite a few conferences and work exhibitions in my time, but none of them have been quite like Toy Fair 2015. For starters there weren’t giant characters wandering around, or famous stars launching products, and let’s face it, toys are a lot more exciting a business to be in than merchandising solutions. […] Read more…
We’re into week 4 of Project 365 and almost the other side of January. My pictures are largely themed around food thanks to starting my diet and healthy eating this week, and it being N’s 4th birthday. Sunday we visited Baddesley Clinton to meet my best friend. N was quite taken with the shop (well, […] Read more…
| Days out
I thought we’d pretty much exhausted our local National Trust properties, but living virtually at the junction of 4 different counties increases our options for visits. My best friend and N’s godmother was vaguely in our neck of the woods last week, and as we don’t get to catch up that frequently, we decided to meet […] Read more…
I started doing this interview with N when he turned (almost) 2 ½ years old. He wasn’t very vocal either then or when he hit 3 years old, but this year we’ve had a lovely chat about what he likes. I’m thinking I need to talk more about what I do, given he seems to […] Read more…
As I’ve often said, I’m trying to build up a collection of instruments for N, and engage him to have an interest or at least understanding of different types of music. So when I had the opportunity to review something from Streethub, I was pleased to see they stocked a few instruments. Streethub is a […] Read more…
I should know by now that nothing would stop N from going outside to play, but I’m still astounded at how little he appears to feel the cold. It just shows it’s true how there’s no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing, when there are children wanting to go outside and play. This weekend was another […] Read more…
