Archive | April, 2012

The Free Day That Was..

30 April

Totally free, spontaneous days with no plan or structure are a rarity now. I had one today, and here’s how it went.

Girls and boys, cats and dogs

30 April

My husband has a rather fascinating theory. Apparently, when it comes to children, they can be broadly separated into two categories; girls are like cats and boys are like dogs. Let me try to explain his thinking on this one… Like this?Read more… Recommended by Chez Mummy

Riding the work / life rollercoaster

30 April

You may remember that, right at the start of March, I wrote about how hard I was finding being a full-time working mum again… I thought it was getting better. The regular tears have dried up for both Sophia and myself. We don’t cry any more when I leave in the morning or when we [...]

A day out at St Fagans Museum near Cardiff

30 April

Last weekend we visited South Wales to catch up with some friends. We had a great time chatting, eating and drinking and on Sunday had a fantastic time at St Fagans Natural History Museum, near Cardiff. It has definitely made it on to our “great places to take a toddler” list! Until recently it was [...]

Planet Cards review and discount code!

30 April

My husband and I have marked an important date in the diary. In August, our son Dexter will be christened… I had been looking round for some special invitations for quite a while. Hello then, to Planet Cards. A new website that offers personalised cards for a range of occasions. Categories include ‘birthday’, ‘new baby’, [...]

WSPA campaign gathers more support

30 April

It’s been a little while since I last wrote about the WSPA Cruelty in a Concrete Jungle campaign and for that, I apologise. I promised to let you know when the London Mayoral candidates pledged their support to fighting wildlife crime in London. Since my last post, I’m pleased to report another of the runners [...]

I solemnly swear… When language goes bad

30 April

It can be so delightful watching children grow and seeing them master skills from rolling over, to crawling, then walking, hearing them say their first word…until they say one of those words that is. Sophia’s at the stage where she’s experimenting with language…It’s wonderful to hear her chattering away but my husband and I have [...]

Win! £50 Experience Days gift voucher

30 April

Looking after children can be great exercise (lifting two growing and increasingly heavy children has done wonders for my bingo wings), but it can be a tiring job being a mum, don’t you think? The best job of course, but also an exhausting one. Time to relax and pamper yourself is much rarer nowadays, which [...]

The Waiting 22/03/2012 » andthenallithoughtaboutwasyou.com

30 April

Last night was a weird night, Baba was at Mr L’s mum’s as we didn’t want to upset him by suddenly taking him away from there when he knew that he was supposed to be staying. So it was just Mr L and myself. And we were just waiting. Like this?Read more… Recommended by And [...]

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30 April

April photo a day challenge… DONE!

30 April

Phew! I’ve just posted my final photo for April! I’ve really enjoyed this month. I feel more comfortable and confident taking photos. I think I’m also developing a style of my own too. I take all the photos on my mobile phone {HTC Desire if you were wondering!} which has an absolutely brilliant camera. I’ve [...]

From sick tummies to Happy Feet

30 April

By day five I was quite literally pulling my hair out and considering eating my own ears as ‘Mummy my tummy hurts’ hit it’s 1,000,000th repetition. That particular day was blustery outdoors and we had adopted a type of fashion style that I affectionately refer to as ‘Pa-Jama-Chic’. The misery of that morning rated 10/10 [...]

So yesterday I ran into the sea…

30 April

When we arrived it was apparent that there was a number of cars parked up on the sea front with oldies sat in with their thermos flask enjoying the views of the IOW, little did they know soon a pale woman would take to the sea in just a t-shirt (and yes – I wore [...]

Happy Birthday Triplets

30 April

The most enormous cake, well it was a 3 in 1!

Poem: Loved One.

30 April

Treasure your loved one. Say a kind word. Give time to love. Give a warm hug. Give your heart.

10 things no one tells you about having kids!

30 April

You get told lots of things whilst your pregnant… It will change your life… It’s best thing ever… You will never know love like it… but here are a few things that people don’t tell you…

I think my baby is Hitler…

30 April

Picture this if you can… A little family walking around Ikea… Mummy & Daddy, two little girls, one almost 3 and a 16 month old… Both girls wearing matching love heart rain coats… The 2 year old skipping and singing… The 16 month old… doing a perfect Hitler Goose Step!!!!……….

Learning the art of: ‘not taking the bait’…

30 April

As I mentioned in a previous post, OH and I have recently enrolled on a parenting course. This is the first course we have been on together (as you already know, parenting courses are a particular hobby of mine, mostly due to my constant feelings of inadequacy!). It took quite a lot to drag encourage [...]