Albie is the youngest member of the family and whilst he may be the last, he certainly isn’t the least. He has one very big character!!
Take a look at this oh-so-cute smiley little boy and you’d be forgiven for thinking he was a little angel wouldn’t you, like butter wouldn’t melt! Hahahaha that’s the best joke ever!!!!! This little monkey is seriously testing my resolve at the moment, he turned two at the end of January and he is now … Read more
In my days pre-motherhood I used to say “I love a challenge” but I wish sometimes I hadn’t uttered such words. With Little Bean it was (and still is) her picky eating which drives us crazy, with Beanie Boy we struggled for the longest time to wean him from breast to bottle and then we … Read more
A few weeks ago Jelly Bean was very excited to be invited to his first ever ‘friend’ birthday party. He had a blast and was very sad to leave. He loved the train rides the best and despite his reservations when Peppa Pig made an appearance he couldn’t let her leave without giving her a … Read more
Do you feel confident in teaching your child to read? It’s quite a daunting prospect, afterall, it’s a long time since we learnt to read and they do it all so differently these days. I had never even heard of a phoneme until Little Bean started school. Research by LeapFrog has found that almost half … Read more
If you can’t bear to part with your outgrown baby clothes (I still have 99% of all of my Beans’ outgrown clothes!!) then Oobicoo the soft toy tot is your answer. There are four Oobicoos to choose from; Ollie, Orla, Olwyn and Ed, each with their own set of interests. They are cuddly lifesize friends … Read more
Babies and children just LOVE keys don’t they! If you close your eyes for a moment and play with a set of keys yourself you can completely understand why, they are a huge sensory treat; they jingle jangle and make lots of interesting noises they can feel hot or cold depending on where they have … Read more
You may be wondering why the ? in the title?! Well, let me explain why it wasn’t quite the cake smash I intended . . . As Jelly Bean’s 2nd birthday approached I knew I wanted to have some special photographs taken and one thing we had never got around to doing with the older … Read more
{Eating} lots of yummy birthday cake! I made a rather delicious (if I do say so myself) Chocolate Hedgehog for Jelly Bean’s second birthday yesterday. Little Bean and Beanie Boy aren’t overly keen on normal birthday cake with jam and cream in the middle but chocolate is always a winner in this house so I … Read more
It can’t really be two years since he was born can it? Who pressed fast forward on life because I swear it has never gone faster than these past (nearly) 7 years since I became a Mummy. Jelly Bean is the cherry on the top of our family pie, he came along to complete our … Read more