Other than one abdominal migraine attack and a little bit of man flu, the house has been relatively germ free this week for the first time since Christmas!  We're slowly catching up on all the sleep we've missed and I'm starting to catching up on everything that I've been putting off in favour of Nana naps and sofa snuggles - I may even tackle my in-box at some point over the weekend ;-)I'm afraid my photos from this week are still not very exciting though.  We still haven't had the energy to actually get out and do much other than school and work - next week will be more interesting, I … [Read more...]

My babies are growing up....Master Frugal asked me the other day if he could buy a girl at school a little gift for Valentines Day!  I tried not to let the fact that the girl he wanted to buy the gift for is in fact not his girlfriend, but is his ex-girlfriend who dumped him for his best friend.  His current girlfriend doesn't appear to feature in his present giving plans this year!So, he counted out his pennies and off we popped to buy a little teddy and a chocolate rose that he'd seen for £1 each.  He proudly carried them home, made a little card to go with them and they're now … [Read more...]

Well, I'm still hanging in there with taking a photo a day.... Just!I know I keep whinging that we're not very well but every time one of shakes this cold, another one gets it back!  We're all shattered and poor Master Frugal has bags under his eyes the size of suitcases from lack of sleep from coughing, sniffing and general bleugh-ness.  Miss Frugal's managed to pick up an ear infection as well which resulted in a trip to the out of hours doctors and anothe enforced weekend of staying in.Can you tell I'm really fed up with it all now?Even so, we've still had a nice … [Read more...]

I know I've said this before but Master Frugal really is the fussiest eater you can imagine.  Thankfully, he's starting to get a little bit more daring now and tonight we had a major bacon breakthrough ;-)I was cooking bacon and scrambled egg on toast for the rest of us and he came into the kitchen with his nose in the air like one of those old fashioned Bisto kids.  He decided he liked the smell of bacon and asked if he could try some!As you can see, he wasn't impressed and ended up only having one mouthful before deciding he liked it 'a teeny bit but not enough to eat more than … [Read more...]

1. Answering random questions Both my children are very curious about the world around them and they ask a lot of quite random questions about some very random things that I often don't have a clue how to answer.For example, last night Master Frugal asked us how fast a cheetah could run.  Rather than saying 'fast' as I was tempted to do seeing as I was watching Dancing on Ice, I typed 'how fast can a cheetah run in to the Youtube search box.  There were lots of results but I had a quick look down the list and saw that one video was called 'San Diego Zoo Kids' and was a video about … [Read more...]

Today is the 25th Anniversary of Comic Relief.I can't even begin to guess how much good they've done in the last 25 years - how many lives they've changed for the better and how many children they've made smile.To celebrate the anniversary, Comic Relief are celebrating the progress of Africa and the difference that the money they've raised has made to people.  #Teamhonk, made up of Annie from Mammasaurus, Tanya from Mummy Barrow and Penny from Alexander Residence are visiting four projects in Ghana on the 4th and the 5th February to see for themselves the difference Red Nose Day money … [Read more...]