Growth spurts equals increased expense
When N’s going through a growth spurt, it’s an expensive business. At least he’s only 2, but I hate to think how much it’s going to cost when he’s a teenager on a growth spurt to feed him. I mean,…
Author: Emma
Mum of 1, farmer's wife and living a guilt free family lifestyle with a school child.
Class streaming in schools
N’s obviously way off school yet, or at least way off secondary school, but Ofsted have reported that pupils need to be set at 11 to ensure the brightest don’t slip academically. This kind of announcement always has people…
Danger – toddler cooking
Hmm, well not the actual toddler cooking, but the toddler’s ‘food’. We have an Aga. It’s great, not only for food but also for drying clothes, warming yourself etc. There’s no way N would be able to open the doors…
Confusion
N was so cute today. He loves going to play at his youngest cousin’s on the days he goes there (not entirely sure he’s going to cope once the cousin starts school in September), and today was one of those…
Why start babies swimming?
Not just why start swimming, but why start so early? When I think back, although my mum took me to swimming pools when I was young, we probably didn’t start formal swimming lessons until just before or school age. Nowadays…
Dandelion clocks
We generally tend to have Sunday dinner at the farm, but this week N was keen to get back home for some reason, rather than loitering and chilling out, annoying his Gramps while he’s trying to watch the news. N…
Out and about at the Banbury Show
After a busy day out yesterday, today’s been more of the same with a few hours at at the Banbury Show. We went last year and the weather was amazing, so I was optimistic for today. Unfortunately it was a…
Meeting the Gruffalo
Today was the final day of Shenfest, which is an Oxforsdhire village’s music and literature festival. This year is the second year, and along with numerous concerts and meet the author, they’ve also added Little Shenfest in the village school…
Jigsaw storage
As like lots of other children, N has a lot of toys with little bits and pieces. They get removed from the boxes, not one at a time, but two or three at a time (I’ve not yet managed to…
Crafty make: upcycling t-shirts into a scarf
I’ve had a couple of scarf pins on my Pinterest for a while now, but haven’t yet got round to making them. Given I’ve also had a bit of a de-clutter from my drawers and have got rid of a…
Do mums make the best drivers?
I’ve been driving a while now although not as long as I might have done, given I didn’t want to learn at 17, and only really learnt to help my job prospects on leaving university. First lesson I loved it…
