Introducing the Ultimate Kids Bucket and Spade List
You’ve heard of a bucket list, but here’s a bucket and spade list for kids including everyday and more aspirational dreams
Family life
Everything family oriented on bubbablue and me, parenting, milestones, children, growing up
9 signs that you’re the parent of a four year old
Four year olds are a total breed apart from children at other ages. Two year olds have the terrible twos (well, many do, we seemed to avoid that one). Three year olds become threenagers. We had an extremely challenging little…
Planning for a non-birthday outdoor party
Yet again, I think I’ve made a mistake in promising to N he could have a party later in the year, after just having a couple of friends round for tea for his birthday. Well, I said it would be…
Putting the world to rights – Master Bossy Boots
I have a really bossy child. Really I shouldn’t be surprised about this. For starters, people say I’m bossy. I’m not sure it’s bossiness, it’s more a need to get things organised and right, although I think I’ve got more…
How to teach kids to ride a bike the easy and no tumble way
Bike Week is always in June, so get your children cycling and out and about as a family over those summer months. Way back in 2015 there was a proud mummy moment. N learnt to ride a pedal bike, and…
Making the most of Spring with outdoor toys
Living on a farm, we can’t fail to love the outdoors, and Spring is just brilliant for enabling us to get outside after work and nursery. Even just walking down to the farmyard to see what his dad’s up to…
How to choose a brilliant baby name and avoid a dodgy one
Choosing a name for your baby is hard. Here’s 8 ways to choose a brilliant baby name and how to avoid a dodgy one.
Uniforms and going supersized
I expect most of my regular readers or instagram followers will have seen the photo of N in a slightly odd get up of a supersized jacket. I feel very sorry for him (not enough that I wasn’t going to…
The gruesome rule of birth according to a 4 year old
I love having a four year old. Three was pretty good too, but N was more of a watcher and general chatterer then. He didn’t really question and challenge like he does now. At nursery parents evening last night, they…
Out of our control – Primary school allocations
With only a few days to go until parents hear about primary school places for reception class, the anticipation is building, and I’m becoming a little more anxious. With our county, 91% of children got their 1st choice place at secondary…
A lie in solution…the children’s sleeping bag
I’ve always said that clock changes don’t seem to impact N and it would appear that this spring’s has gone the same way. N went to bed the same as usual the night before, and woke up at normal (the…
