Conversations at the petrol pump
I obviously take after my mum, as random people always seem to start talking to me. (Can’t understand why, I’m sure I must have an ‘I’m on a mission’ face on – maybe it needs more work!) The last occasion…
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Not counting my chickens before they hatch, but…
Finger’s crossed I’m not jinxing it, but we had a successful swimming session yesterday. Of course, it was the last lesson before we finished; I cancelled as things seemed to still be getting worse rather than over the wobbles which…
Listography: Six songs of me
Kate at KateTakes5 has put up this week’s listography here, and it’s a really fun one. Lots of reminiscing on old music, and hard decisions to make about which songs to choose. Especially hard as music I love to bop…
Day Nursery support
N has mixed childcare. I wanted him to go to a day nursery so he could interact with lots of other children, enable more structure and school preparation as he gets older, and also have less holiday worries than might…
New look
You’ll have noticed (I hope) that we’ve got a new look (see header above if you’ve not noticed!). I thought it was time in line with changing the name a bit and going self hosted, that I should update the…
Nativity sets
Christmas is coming to our household (in mind if not in actual visual siting), and I’ve been trying to locate a nice traditional nativity set that N can grow up with. When we were children, my mum had a lovely…
Singalong car journey
I think I’ve mentioned before how much N enjoys music. I’m pleased because I’ve got pretty eclectic tastes so it’s going to be great if he ends up really into music too (rather than the OH who’s tastes are pretty…
Building Christmas spirit
I’m trying to get N excited by Christmas. Obviously he has no idea what it is, what it’s about, but it’ll be good to have someone else in the house who likes Christmas and gets excited by it, in contrast…
Stereotypical toys and natural play
Toddler play always intrigues me. N’s quite happy playing on his own; sometimes he’ll drag me over to play with something as well, or just sit and watch him, but on the whole he’s happy to choose what he wants…
Building Dens for toddlers
I think I need a bit of practice at making dens. I remember going to family friends and building great dens, but N’s not seemed fussed about them so far. He has started wanting to sit on the sofa and…
Television fan
Since being ill, N’s started to take more notice of tv. My fault entirely as I’ve had to work from home to look after him, and he’s not been ill enough to sleep all day and wants my attention, so…