Two things you will hear very very frequently in our home at the moment: “I think he wants to sit on my lap” and “I just want to give him one more kiss”. You might also catch: “can I do his nappy mum?”, “can I have my bath with Charlie please?” and “I think he’s...
Category Archives: Daily Life
A good night’s sleep…
It’s amazing how a good night’s sleep can make everything feel so much better. A bit of sunshine does no harm either. And a lovely husband (he never gets enough credit). And the sweetest daughter I could ever have dreamt of. Yeah, it’s not all bad. Not at all. Sorry for yesterday’s self-pitying post. So...
Chop-Chop
I know I have two children now, but she will always be the most beautiful girl in the world to me.
And she’s not just an amazing daughter. She has now turned into an amazing sister too: she is attentive and loving (actually, completely and utterly smitten) and helpful and, oh I can’t even describe it…...
Trying to beat the heat
Yesterday promised to be a horribly hot and muggy day so when Amélie appeared in our room at 7.30am, I jumped out of bed, pulled on a loose dress and told her we were going for a walk before the heat became too unbearable. We were outside by 8. We decided to do a mystery...
Self-sufficient
She drew these two peacocks and cut them out (well, she started cutting them out… I finished before she lost a finger or two), then she got some little wooden skewers out of the drawer in the kitchen and stole my sticky-tape and put them together. When I initially protested about her cutting up her...
Her Royal Stinky-Bum
I have nothing to say about this. Except that she got herself dressed and declared herself “king”. Bow down before her and she may just spare your life.
How to make a mike
Materials: 1 old loo roll, some tin foil, an old pair of black tights, a black pipe-cleaner, a bit of glue and some sticky tape.
Method: wrap the loo roll in tin foil and stick down with tape, fold in the ends of the foil. Poke the pipe-cleaner into one end and stick (with glue or...
Cheeky Chops
Cheeky-Chops here found some lipstick. And a certain incompetent mother said she could have it. Result? Amélie has consumed more lipstick-calories over the last few days than, you know, actual food calories. That and the cheeky grin: unlike the lippy, we can’t wipe that off her face. But then we wouldn’t really want to.
Hope you...
NO CRYING!
Amélie never ceases to amaze me with her creativity. This afternoon, when I got home, she had drawn, colored and cut out a rosette to stick on her t-shirt (and she had stuck it on. With glue. We’ll gloss over that detail). She had also drawn and cut out a flag, found some sticky tape...