Staying away
Last week I had a couple of days out of the office and away from home on a European departmental work conference. It was meant to be 2 overnights in Barcelona but was changed to be local to our work. …
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First Santa’s Grotto
I knew last year wouldn’t be a good idea to take N to see Father Christmas, and I should have known better this year really. But as our local village nursery was doing a small festive fete, I thought a…
Doolally hour
My friends and I always used to refer to the time between 4 til bedtime as the witching hour, as it was always the time that the babies started screeching – for food, for playtime, for sleep etc. We had…
Stair gate issue
Uh oh. N can open the stair gate at the top of the stairs. Ok, so not actually open it, but he can just wrench it open. Methinks the OH needs to do some tending to it to see if…
Review: Popcorn maker
I was very excited to receive this popcorn maker to review. I sometimes fancy popcorn, go out and buy the microwave stuff, then never actually make it. But this sounded so easy and healthy with no oil used, I thought…
Christmas display treats
Day 3 of Advent saw us going for a trip to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas displays. Last year N was too small to really understand and wasn’t that fussed (plus it was really busy being on a Saturday),…
Advent calendar
I think N’s getting into Christmas already even though he doesn’t know what it’s really about. I bought a fabric advent calendar in the sales last year (was going to make one, but this was easier and probably cheaper!), and…
I wanna be like you, oo, oo
N’s at that great age where he wants to do everything that you do (and other things that maybe you’d rather they didn’t do but are part of the growing toddler independence stage – like spending time pulling his trousers…
Bleurgh
Well, I never knew how much conjunctivitis would hurt, but I hate it turn up in one eye during a meeting at work. I just thought it was dry eye to begin with, but then it felt like it swelled,…
Nursery mums (and dads)
For the second day on the trot, we’ve had to hang around at nursery waiting for one parent (oh ok, it’s been the mums that are the culprits) who’s hogging the person doing child handovers and day run through, while…
Secret Santa excitement
I’m really excited about Secret Santa this year. I refuse to take part in the work ones, after my first job where everyone took the mick out of one present I was give n because it was wrapped in newspaper…
