Before the Summer holidays began, my friend Karin and I sat down and booked dates in to get together. We have learnt from past holidays that if we don’t do this we can go all Summer with our free dates not coinciding and then the children end up disappointed that they haven’t seen each other. … Read more
The Summer holidays have crept up on me again this year, I just don’t know where this last term has gone. With the approaching Summer holidays comes a sad realisation for me too, things are about to change. These are my last few weeks with my boys at home together two days a week because … Read more
If you don’t count the odd rain shower here and there or the couple of cool, windy days at the start of last week it was mostly a beautiful week weather-wise. I was feeling particularly chilly on Wednesday but that didn’t deter Jelly Bean from playing outside. Jelly Bean loves water play and has been … 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
This is quite an awkward post for me to write because I know that some of the Mums from LB’s school read my blog from time to time but it’s a post that has been going around in my head since midway through Reception. I’ve put it off time and time again because I don’t … Read more
You may, or may not have seen my post from yesterday but it really put a downer on my week. I have not been feeling well this week, migraines are plaguing me at the moment and since stopping breastfeeding that ‘time of the month’ has been a killer for me. Add to that an autumnal … Read more
Thanks to the chickenpox which plagued the start of our Summer holidays we didn’t get to spend as much time with our friends as we would have liked to but we managed to catch up with them before we were heading off for our final holiday of the Summer. On a cloudy afternoon we took … Read more
Well the first day of the holidays has been and gone already (although for Little Bean it doesn’t start until Thursday). The sunshine has been glorious which definitely makes life so much brighter and more positive. After dropping Little Bean at school the boys and I popped to Queensgate to meet Karin, Ella and Sam … Read more
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear – there will be lots of tears shed today. Lots by me, LOADS by Caroline (Beanie Boy’s key worker) and possibly even a few tears by Beanie Boy himself. Today we have to say goodbye to some of our favourite people as today marks his last day at Sunflower … Read more