It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are: BrummyMummyof2 shares her alternative parenting skills – a very funny post particularly if you have ever experienced the joy of disappearing dummies: http://www.brummymummyof2.co.uk/2014/09/alternative-parenting-skills.html I love this cardboard box fire… Read More
It’s been quite a mixed week this week, and so my word of the week is: Just a big mixture of the little moments that make up the kaleidoscope of life as a parent. We’ve had: Exasperating moments – the night when both girls decided to resist sleep at bedtime for over three hours… Read More
The lights all go out one by one And in the darkness, a candle glows In remembrance: lest we forget Although we may have never met Those men who fought so long ago In ‘the war to end all wars’ yet war goes on A dozen candles shine away Nestled together in a tray of… Read More
Over the last month, there have been more and more lovely moments where the girls will sit and play together for a while and fewer moments where Jessica gets frustrated with Sophie touching her toys. Even on Jessica’s third birthday a few days ago, there were no real moments of possessiveness over the new toys… Read More
Over the summer, we have been combining Jessica’s love of painting, drawing and sticking and making lots of cards for various occasions. We usually start with cutting up one of Jessica’s many paintings to provide a background which Jessica then sticks on to a pre-folded card. Then Mummy selects some stickers and/or foam shapes for… Read More
Jessica’s birthday marks the end of the summer for us (although with return of some warm sunny weather at the moment, it still feels like summer is lingering for a while longer). Our first summer as a family of four has been a lovely one – we have been out and about a lot and… Read More
My little miracle Jessica celebrated her third birthday at the weekend. It is amazing to look back and remember how bleak her prognosis was and here we are now, blessed with a beautiful 3 year old who is doing so well. Her birthday is also one of her heart days as she had her first… Read More