If you're looking for something to do with the kids that won't cost you the earth, you should see if any of your local parks or museums have an orienteering course you can do together. We found a free one in the HUGE grounds of a local museum and had a great couple of hours getting lost completing the course. Now, seeing as this is Saturday and Saturday is Caption Day, in exchange for that great money saving idea you have to give me a caption to go with my photo ;-) … [Read more...]
Get Organised – the fridge door edition….
If the front of your fridge looks anything like mine does at the moment then this could be the post for you ;-)It's covered in all sorts - artwork brought home from school at the end of the school term, party invitations, dental appointment cards, tickets and probably a fair amount of other stuff that I'll no doubt uncover when I remove that little lot.It's basically turned into some sort of magnetic dumping ground and the problem is that there's that much paper on the front of it now that I don't really look at the things on there anymore. Hence the missed birthday party a few weeks … [Read more...]
Just punch him, that’ll stop him….
As a parent, I want my children to grow up knowing that violence in any form is not a solution to anything.I try to teach them that if someone hurts them, it doesn't make it acceptable to hurt them back - they should be the better person and walk away. If that doesn't work, they should tell a grown up.I know that's much easier said than done when you're nine and seven and it doesn't always happen that way but it's the way I expect them to behave.So can you imagine how annoyed I was at the local soft play centre the other day when a little boy kept throwing things at Master Frugal. … [Read more...]
Why every family should have a Buddy….
Grown up ‘firsts’….
First Football BootsFirst Heels (we didn't buy these but she couldn't resist trying them on when she saw some in her size) … [Read more...]
A Working Mum’s Guilt….
I know that I shouldn't be feeling guilty right now.I have to work to pay the bills and if I didn't then we wouldn't be able to live in a nice house with nice things.But I do feel guilty - I feel guilty that the children don't know whether they're coming or going as I'm having to rely on different friends and family to look after them every day. I feel guilty that I have to go to work and leave them with other people when it's me who should be spending time with them. I even feel guilty because I'm not giving them the fun Summer Holiday memories that my parents gave me.So, in an … [Read more...]
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