Scary
Lately a lot of things, actually a lot of people are ‘scary’ to Eliza and therefore it naturally follows that they are to Tilly too (not sure she really knows why but her big sister sets dictates they...
View ArticleMy Luxury Item
In any partnership where young children are involved there’s most probably a tacit agreement that time on one’s own is something of a luxury item. It’s not that we don’t love our little ones and find...
View ArticleCan Wishes Come True?
Just lately Tilly thinks 5.30am is a great time to get up. 5.30am is the new black, it’s rock ‘n roll, it’s the thing all the cool 3 year olds are doing this month. She jumps out of bed and comes...
View ArticleComing Home
A few things happened over the last few days. 1. I went on my much longed for ‘meet in the middle’ break with my best friend Jonathan. We went to Dubai for 3 days (he lives in Singapore), it was...
View ArticlePeas in a Pod
My girls are friends. Ok they fight like Mabel and the local fox sometimes, but mostly they are pals. Currently their favourite game is wheelbarrow races (Tilly’s the wheelbarrow of course). I like...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of My Daughter no.1
Tilly gets some very funny ideas in her head. In fact so much so that Eliza and I can frequently be found looking at each other with our ‘Tilly’s got another of her funny ideas in her head’ looks....
View ArticleJust Listen to Yourself
Him indoors and I went out the other night. It was the school quiz night, which was actually very good fun. It being in a school meant we were all sitting around rather low tables on grown up size...
View ArticleBut HOW Mummy?
So I’ve had the ‘But why Mummy?” ad infinitum. Most of the time I try to give the right answer but regularly I resort to “Well it just sort of is/does”.But lately Eliza is more interested in how....
View ArticleButterfly Kiss
I remember quite well when my mother showed me what a butterfly kiss was, she fluttered her eyelashes against mine, I can remember the tickling feeling as we fluttered them together and from then on...
View ArticleThank You David Attenborough
As far as I know my girls have not actually watched any David Attenborough style nature programmes. They are, in my opinion, a bit young for the harsh lessons of survival of the fittest and witnessing...
View ArticleGardening and Hama Beads: Spring’s arrived
So we’ve had a few nice sunny days and that means one thing. The garden. Yep the local garden centres are considerably better off today and there could be a national shortage of terracotta and indeed...
View ArticleWe Love Each Both
There are some mornings when it’s just about acceptable to be woken by your off spring. Some mornings when they surprise you with their joy, enthusiasm and sheer lovely gorgeousness. Saturday was one...
View ArticleThe Village Fair
It’s been a really rather busy week. Work is really kicking off, I was in Paris on Thursday and Friday (which is not as glamorous as it sounds), and I was supposed to be doing a 1/2 marathon tomorrow...
View ArticleThe Democratic State of Parenthood
I was never going to be the type of mother who let her kids boss her around, I wasn’t going to be controlled by their ever changing whims. This, along with almost every other preconception I had about...
View ArticleTheir Musical Education
Before I had children music was a very big part of my life; I had two very big influencers as far as my music taste was concerned. My stepfather had an enormous record collection, which moved in when...
View ArticleLazy Sundays
I think the term ‘Lazy Sunday’ was created by someone who either didn’t have children, or had grown up children. My Sundays are rarely lazy. They normally involve an early start, my children haven’t...
View ArticleBiking with my Girls
Ever so occasionally I feel like perhaps my plans have been a bit ambitious. Bitten off a bit more than I can chew. Mostly I just get on with it, but sometimes I stretch my ability to multitask. I took...
View ArticleThe Return
I’ve been lucky enough to have a few days away in Marrakech for a ‘meet in the middle’ with my friend Jonathan who lives in Singapore (I’ve written about our escapades before and indeed he has too), I...
View ArticleFamily Day Out: The Natural History Museum
It’s not often that the whole family gets a whole day together, in fact lately it’s been very rare what with him indoors’ work, birthday parties, ballet rehearsals and all the other things that we call...
View ArticleFather Christmas Is Watching You!
Father Christmas is a very busy chap at this time of year, not only that but he’s supremely blessed with the gift of multiple sight. How else can he watch all the children in the lead up to Christmas?...
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