Listography: top 5 things I love about kids
This is a really interesting listography for me, as I’m not really a fan of children, or at least wasn’t until I had N. Even now I’m not a ‘baby’ person, although obviously I love N, the children in our…
Author: Emma
Mum of 1, farmer's wife and living a guilt free family lifestyle with a school child.
Tornado playhouse
*Contains affiliate links I was confused to say the least on Tuesday to arrive home and find there were bits of [amazon_textlink asin=’B00QGSMJV8|B00QGSMK5I’ text=’Little Tikes playhouse’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’bubbaandme-21|bubbandme04-20′ marketplace=’UK|US’ link_id=’1488c6cd-7558-11e8-8f91-5332916ee4a8′] roof on the lawn but no house. Odd?! Couldn’t work…
‘Fraud’ at the Baby Show
Ok, so I don’t have a baby, I’m not pregnant, but we went to The Baby Show anyway. Maybe there should be a toddler show? Or an offshoot hall at the baby show? My main reason for going was to…
It’s all about the money
Ad – sponsored post It’s getting to that time of year when I like to get my backside in gear and sort out my accounts. That’s my savings accounts rather than business accounts, although this year I will need to…
You never lose your shopping knowledge
I can’t remember the last time I went shopping for me, apart from for some new work trousers, which let’s face it is more a chore than enjoyment. But being online and having a young child means you discover lots…
Mountain goat or toddler?
N’s now discovered he can get up onto the living room furniture. Before he could only get onto the one with the saggy cushion (that’ll be my chair, then!), but now he can just about get onto both chairs and…
Wiped out before baby swimming lessons
Finally N’s started to enjoy his baby swimming lessons. I decided when it came to rebooking for the toddler classes, that he was hating it the worst he’d ever done, so it was time to cancel and hope that we’d…
Little Duckling
My little man’s moving up in the world. He’s been doing his settling in sessions over the past week, getting ready to moving up to the Ducklings room at nursery. They tend to move up at around 15 months when…
Salad for children?!
I mentioned a trip to Milton Keynes, but wanted to share my thoughts (read, incredulity!) at the children’s menu where we stopped for food. I decided that Jamie’s Italian might be nice to try as I’d eaten at one before…
Last minute swimming breakthrough
Of course it’s typical. With only 3 weeks to go before our swimming commitment is over, N has decided that swimming’s not as bad as he’s been making out since September! Yes, we’ve had a swimming breakthrough. Some people would…
Swishing event: how to do a clothes swapping party
Last night I went to my first swishing party – named a ‘Swap-a-rama’ which tickled my OH who liked to call it a swapping party! What is a swishing party or clothes swapping party? If you’re not familiar, a swishing…
