Another week another theme!! This week’s was shapes so I have been looking for fun activities for me and the kids to do that will help them learn all about shapes. Having a theme each week really helps me stay motivated and come up with fun things for the kids to do last weeks was car’s, you can read all about it here. Here’s what we have been up to this week.. Sponge stamps Using a bunch of household items we made some spongy stamps and then got messy in the garden creating some fun pictures. They were really…
If your anything like me you’ll find it really satisfying to watch your children eat a good healthy meal or gobble down a bowl of fruit, I would love to be able to say that every evening my girls eat up all the veg on their plate but the truth is they don’t always, sometimes it can feel like a bit of a battle. You have to of been hidden under a rock if you’ve missed all the media coverage on childhood obesity – it’s scary. On the whole I do like to think my girls eat a pretty good…
Top (L-R) Messy play = messy hands! A white rose from my garden picked by Maisy Birthday party at the weekend Lottie was shattered but still full of cheeky smiles Middle (L-R) “Your a wizard Harry” I was in Cornwall to say goodbye to my Grandad we took a walk to the beach it was beautiful as always Bottom (L-R) Swings in the park, I don’t get a look in with Bella about being chief pusher! Story time outside in the sun Playing car games for our themed week.
Last Thursday I was driving home and something didn’t feel right in the car, the clutch was noisy and vibrating under my foot like a mad thing. The next day my fears were confirmed the clutch was on its way out, not gone but I was advised to only really drive it in an emergency until it is fixed as I could break down anywhere – this is my worst fear breaking down at some busy junction with the kids in the car, I wouldn’t have a clue what to actually do and would probably sit and cry until someone…
A few weeks ago early morning’s we’re my nemesis, I was always asking myself how can I get the kids to sleep just 30 minutes longer – however even if we had a ‘good morning’ (I’m still talking 6:30am) I would still find myself waking up feeling awful, my eye’s still felt heavy I just wanted to curl up in a ball and get an extra 10 minutes of sleep. It’s then that it occurred to me that maybe it wasn’t the kids wake up time, it was just the way in which I was waking up – suddenly. Being…
