School pick-up is probably one of those ‘ordinary’ moments in a day that I have mixed emotions about. Little Bean has just started in Year 1 at Primary School, some days it feels like she has been going to school forever and others it feels like she has only been there for a few months. … Read more
Where does the time go? It feels like only last week that the summer holidays were looming as I picked up the tiddlers from their last days at school and pre-school. Now here we are with just two weeks left before they go back again, although I have seen that some schools actually started back … Read more
This morning Beanie Boy realised just how much Jelly Bean is growing and got a taste of things to come as Jelly Bean kept grabbing his t-shirt, hair, face or just about anything he could get his hands on when Beanie Boy was trying to lay with him on his activity mat. Watch out Beanie … Read more
At the moment our mornings are quite relaxing, I don’t have to get Little Bean to playscheme until 9.30am so I’m actually getting there on time BEFORE the school gates open. Now why can’t school start at 9.30am too, I work so much better for having that little extra time in the morning!! Perhaps I … Read more
As the end of the school year approached we were sent a letter home asking us to send in a carrier bag so that it could be filled with the artwork the children had on display at school and Little Bean came home with loads!!! I’m a bit of a sentimental old fool, I can’t … Read more
Well, that’s it! Little Bean has nearly completed her first year at Primary School. It only seems like yesterday that I was standing in the lounge ironing labels into her uniform thinking that my baby girl wasn’t even old enough to go to school and now here we are brimming with pride at the glowing … Read more
The current topic in Little Bean’s class this week is Pirates and Little Bean is LOVING it! On Monday she had to go to school dressed as a Pirate . . . Of course, Beanie Boy didn’t want to miss out on the fun so he donned his Pirate gear at home too. Little Bean … Read more
As parents we say this all the time but our children grow up so fast!! You really have to make the most of them as they are so precious. On Wednesday morning Hubby, myself and ‘the Beans’ went to watch Little Bean take part in her first ever Sports Day. She was a little nervous … Read more
This afternoon we kicked off the Easter celebrations at Little Bean’s school with an Easter Egg hunt out on the school field. It was freeeeeeeezing and blowing a gale. We had to find two chicks and three plastic eggs each and then take them into the school hall to see the Easter bunny who then … Read more