Things I’ve learned from my children today. Don’t patronise them. It appears one of our neighbours is letting their pet use our garden as a lavatory – again! Boy One brought this to my notice, but I wasn’t sure at first. “Don’t you think it might be some of that bread we put out for […]
The fascinations of scatology, garbage and chemistry
Things I’ve learned from my children today. I don’t need to worry about modern communications taking my children into a sophisticated adult world too soon. Boy Two decided a while back that he would like an email address to write to his grandmothers, his dad and his friends. It was fairly hard to find a […]
sugar farms, worry and bringing up the rear
Dangers, the sock pair machine and breasts
Things I’ve learned from my children today. Always check a room for baby hazards. The kitchen table is exactly at the forehead height of a seven-month-old in a baby walker. No, we can’t just do the job in the simplest manner. So Sock sorting (a fun-filled weekly event in our house) began. Then Boy One […]
mending, baby-led weaning and The Bridge to Terabithia
Things I’ve learned from my children today The thought is definitely the important thing. Putting the clean dishes away, two mugs skittered out of the overfilled cupboard and splintered on the floor. My thought was “ho hum, never mind there’ll be a bit more space in the cupboard now”. I stopped buying “good” mugs after […]