Trains? Planes? Automobiles? His first Demolition Derby…
He really didn’t want to go. Under pressure he picked a favourite caravan. He cried when it was the first to get smashed up by the other cars on the track. It was raining. He didn’t see the point. But...
View ArticleWhat to pack for a camping holiday
Camping was never Mummy’s style. She likes her super-kingsize bed with Hypnos mattress far too much to leave it without due care and consideration. But we have friends who twisted her arm tempted her...
View ArticleWot So Funee? The Bug
At what age do children really start to make sense, do you think? Recently I have uttered very little in the way of #funee verbal errors. My writing has been logical, with good spelling, and sensible...
View ArticleWot So Funee? Bug rants!
We are having a trying time with the Bug at the moment. We thought he’d outgrown his “threenager” period, and had settled back into being the thoughtful and polite boy we knew before. However it seems...
View ArticleOur dream holiday, and when lying to your kids can only be a good thing…
We’re going on holiday. It’s a bit cold for our annual trip to Guernsey, so I’m a bet ‘meh’ about the prospect of donning my sandals and swimsuit. Only it turns out M&D have been telling us fibs:...
View ArticleSkylanders SWAP Force is here!
By the Bug… I am the envy of all my friends. Skylanders SWAP Force is in shops today, but I’ve had it for a whole week already so I could review it and let you know what I think. Which means I have...
View ArticleOh s*!t: the day the Bug learned to ride a bike
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View ArticleSkylanders SWAP Force is here!
By the Bug… I am the envy of all my friends. Skylanders SWAP Force is in shops today, but I’ve had it for a whole week already so I could review it and let you know what I think. Which means I have...
View ArticleExpressions portrait photo #07: Freeze movement
My stubborn boy. He is typical of his age: not given to narcissism for the sake of the camera; he will make a fabulous photo-bomber when he’s old enough to be strategic about his ludicrous facial...
View ArticleThe Bug: now you are 10
I don’t often do these posts. Marking an age never seems to be any more poignant than the other things I want to write about our lives, and I’d rather write when the mood takes me. But this week the...
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