My Sunday Photo 30/04/17

29/04/201729/04/2017

Sophie and her daddy sharing a milkshake

Ruislip Fairy Village

28/04/201728/04/2017

Sophie looking at one of the fairy doors with her Periwinkle fairy doll

Ruislip Fairy Village has been on my list of places to visit for a while now. We were unable to visit until recently though as the village was vandalised last year and forced to close. It’s now been restored and re-opened on Easter Sunday. With Sophie starting back at Tiny Talk classes nearby, we finally… Read More

Friday Focus 28/04/17 – Returning and revisiting memories

28/04/201728/04/2017

A doodle of the word "Returning" - this week's word of the week - with a cartoon Sophie doing sign language and a thought bubble with a cartoon version of me and hubby wearing graduation gowns and caps

This week has seen us returning to activities we used to love and places we once lived in. TinyTalk baby and toddler signing classes were part of my routine for more than four years until our teacher went on maternity leave. She’s now running classes again and Sophie and I loved being at the toddler… Read More

Parenting Pep Talk #43 – Mom Loves Best

27/04/201710/04/2017

The words Parenting Pep Talk spelled out in magnetic letters on the fridge

Parenting Pep Talk is a series of guest posts all about encouraging other parents by sharing some of our happy moments, the advice that has worked for us and some positive words of encouragement. Today’s post is from Jenny who blogs at Mom Loves Best. 1) Tell us a little bit about you… Read More

Favourite children’s TV programmes: then and now

26/04/201703/05/2017

Children’s TV programmes have changed a lot since I was a little girl. Back then, we just had four channels and children’s programmes were only on at certain times of day. If we weren’t at home to watch something, we couldn’t watch it on catch-up TV – we missed it or recorded it on video. … Read More

Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity

25/04/201725/04/2017

Sophie's, Jessica's and Mummy's feet drawn on pieces of coloured paper

Jessica has been learning all about measuring at school. One of her recent home learning activities was to measure different objects around the house and compare them. She had a paper measuring tape to help her with this, but measuring doesn’t have to be done with a tape measure. Today I’m sharing a guest post… Read More

From the mouths of babes #116 – But where was I, Mummy?

24/04/201724/04/2017

Jessica as a toddler with a speech bubble saying "From the mouths of babes" and the text "A linky for sharing the things kids say"

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the glimpses into their imaginations, the blunt observations – whatever it is, I’d love to hear about it! Jessica loves to watch “the Mummy… Read More