However Athena doesn’t ever have hats on because she bloody hates the things! I have mislaid the one hat we have with a chin strap so I think I need to get some elastic and attach it to our other hats! I managed to get sunburnt this weekend and last weekend, and even the one before that… not majorly but…
Pinterest is full of amazing baby bedrooms, I’ve stopped looking at it in fact because in her small double room it’s just not going to happen! However I wanted to work with what we’ve got and spruce up Athena’s nursery now she’s a) old enough to take interest in her surroundings and b) big enough to pull the net…
Okay, so the challenge set by Ask Italian this time was to make ravioli from scratch. In the words of my husband it was ‘a valiant effort’, in my own words it was a pasta fail. My major error was that I didn’t roll my pasta thin enough, I think I need to invest in a pasta roller! The…
On a sunny day last week Sam and I went for a little stroll in the park estate just behind the village where I grew up, the perfect chance to wear my new dress from Joe Browns. You’ve probably heard of them before, they’ve been around since I was in my late teens at least, if not before! Back then…
I do love writing about myself (hello, why d’ya think I blog!?) so love getting tagged in these meme doobreys. Donna from Redhead Babyled tagged me so I obliged… 1) What are you wearing? Leggings and one of Sam’s T shirts. Hair is up in what was a bun once but is now more of a birds nest. 2) Ever…
I am a lot less conscious of the state I am in before I head out of the door these days compared to the pre-baby me, although starting work at 6.45am for a lot of my working life meant that I did often do my makeup half asleep in the mornings. Since I am back at work in 8…
My baby loves music almost as much as she loves grapes (which is about as much as I love chocolate digestives, lots!) So when a parcel of musical goodies arrived in the post from Fisher Price’s musical toy range she was pretty pleased, she’d have something to make noise with whilst bouncing around to whatever songs she can hear (amusingly…
Last week I swapped all of Athena’s 9-12 month clothes from the 12-18 month lot. I’d been squirreling away on ebay buying bundles, buying the odd bit here and there when I saw it, and had a lot of things given to us from my friend Amy now her daughter has grown out of it. One the one hand…
The transition from the cot to the ‘big bed’ can be a difficult time for children who feel secure in the comfort of their familiar cot. How can parents help them to have a smoother transfer? image source Move from cot to bed: when is the right time? Every child is different, therefore there aren’t specific rules on when…
Totsbots easy fit // Bambino Mio Solo Grovia Hybrid // Little Lamb one size So we’re just over half way through real nappy week and I wanted to do a little update on our progress. We’ve used all the nappies at least twice now! There is still a lot of terminology I don’t know, however when you actually have…
Rather excitingly Athena is getting in on the blogging lark… so over to her for this post! Yesterday afternoon mama shut my toy box, I was pretty miffed! What was I going to play with now? But then from behind her back she pulled a blue bag… It got dangled in front of me for a bit but I…
7 I love her face as she gets pushed higher and higher. I love her fluffy hair flying upwards in the wind. I love the squeals of delight she makes. I love it when the baby swings are busy, so I can sit her on my lap on a big swing and share the fun. Most of all I…