Five
years ago, I would never have pictured myself where we are today. We
had been trying for a baby for a while unsuccessfully and trying to sell
our ex-council house, unsuccessfully. I did feel miserable, the only way I could make myself feel
better
The first snow in months, little noses pressed against cold glass, a
slight fluttering in my tummy; I have so much to do, please, please
don't let this snow settle, until Christmas Eve at least. That's the
funny thing about snow isn't it? When you
You may have noticed a lack of activity around these parts recently. Well, it's down to the fact that I have returned to work. That went quick! At the moment, we are facing all the usual working mummy issues; poorly children picking up germs here there
One of the things that I have been struggling with recently is simply entertaining the kids. With winter well and truly on its way, the weather has taken a turn for the worse and I find myself unable to open the patio doors and let the kids run free.
Storm clouds have been brewing over St Albans all day, don't you think?
Anyway, the bloke up the road reckons that snow will be due this week
as his boiler has broken down. I was clearly rather surprised. Well, somewhere in England anyhow
was the crestfallen
Twitter chums will know that by last Friday I had just about had enough and the last thing I could be bothered to do was to cook a dinner. It had been a demading few weeks. I decided that my plan of action would be to walk up to meet hubby, with the kids
The realisation that I will have to return to work soon, hit me with a hard blow this week. As I need to do something about childcare, I took it upon myself to weed out the finest nursery's St Albans has to offer, phone them and make appointment to visit
School is back, there is a distinct feel of autumn in the air. Relative peace has descended on our local park. Now is the time to enjoy brisk walks with the buggy without being buzzed by children on micro-scooters and having to duck flying footballs.
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Verulamium Park this time of year is a mishmash of the young
and old, football playing and wheelchair and pushchair bound. You never know
what you might see and who you will encounter.
Baby Fifi enjoys looking
I think this will result in a lot of debate, but can I make an appeal to dog owners?Please do not ask my toddler if they would like to stroke your dog. This must happen to us about two or three times a week. I find it a very awkward situation. As a parent,
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Today we took a trip to a certain local playground. I had visions of a happy time for my toddler and his friend, playing with other children, enjoying the slide and the swings in the sunshine. So, it’s the school holidays,
"Uh oh! No!" The toddler has just spotted that the last piece of paper has finally been used up. There are no more scribbling possibilities as doing graffiti on the walls is a banned activity following The Black Crayon Incident. We must venture out. Going