We are back from our week in Normandy and, as is always the case with holidays, it’s already fading away amid the mists of the daily grind. We had a lovely time and, whatever anyone else says about going away with one’s in-laws or parents, we didn’t have any issues. …
Yesterday, after nursery school, Rosemary wanted to watch Willy Wonka (for like the gazillionth time in a week). So, on it went and I started pottering around getting a bit of washing-up done (dishwasher is on the blink, and we’re waiting until we get back from France before calling in …
Following in the footsteps of A Modern Mother and The Wife of Bold, I thought we would see what Rosemary would come up with. And I thought it was only fair to ask her the same questions about Chris. Here are the results: Mummy What is something Mummy always says …
Well, that was weird. Two days without any non-work-related internet. I think two days without internet at all would be easier. In fact, will presumably be coping with a whole week without it, when we dash off to France next Saturday (or the Saturday after next, if you are my …
The bag with the Tetra-Pak cartons in has completely disappeared. The only thing I can think that has happened to it is that it ended up being put out with the recycling on Wednesday. Since our council doesn’t collect Tetra-Pak cartons, I assume it will have gone in the bin …
I was woken at 1am by Rosemary screaming ‘There’s a spider in my room! Help!’ I rushed through, to find her standing by her bed, with the covers on the floor, shaking. I sat on the bed and picked her up, cuddling her and saying ‘It’s OK. It was probably …
I love mornings. I do moan a bit if I haven’t had quite enough sleep but, for the most part, I am definitely a morning girl. As is Rosemary. Quite often we sit and chat for a bit in her room, talking about what she did yesterday or what she …
Quick, quick, Timothy Goes to School is on. We played for about 45 minutes. Not entirely sure what we played, but it involved going on a bear hunt, rescuing bears from crocodiles, having a picnic with bears and tigers, having a sleepover with a bear, reading some stories and playing …
It’s Recycle Week next week and I’ve been tagged by a whole bunch of people (Jo Beaufoix, Maternal Tales and Potty Mummy and quite possibly others, too) to make a pledge and do some other stuff. My pledge is here. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while, but …
The latest topic at nursery school (and will soon be a topic at playgroup, I believe) is ‘Don’t talk to strangers’. This worries me. Perhaps because I grew up in the idealised seventies, when children would just go out to play in the street with their friends. When, at the …
