Things I’ve learned from my children today The sugar farm has begun. Both of them were at it so I gave in. I bought lots of food colouring and cooked up a pan full of sugar. Now I have a string covered in green crystals hanging from my drying rack and dripping sticky green goo […]
Sharing a few secrets
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 […]
Things I learned from my children today
On funeral behavior, snogging and a sweet enterprise Babies have no sense of occasion. At his Nanna’s funeral Boy Three started off ever so well. He understood his role was to be life-affirming, charming and distracting but otherwise sit quietly and behave himself. It was all going ever so well as he admired the polished […]
other things I have learned
Things I learned from my children today
On Wrestling, eyebrow crocodiles and Pokemon. There’s a new workout in town. It’s called the Boy Three Wrangle. Getting a wriggly, busy and hugely nosey seven month old out of nappies (especially when stinking) or in to clothes has become a task that uses every single muscle group and a great deal of aerobic energy. […]