This week has been a brilliant week all round for a couple of reasons that I can't really share with you on here but believe me, I feel very different today to the way I felt this time last week.This was taken in the dentist's waiting room while we were sat waiting for our second appointment in as many weeks.  She's had to have a baby tooth taken out as there's a big one pushing through in the same spot.  It was awful - there's no other way to describe it.  There were tears, whimpers and lots of hand squeezing going on but at least she's not in pain anymore although when I ask her she … [Read more...]

We've had a bit of a shaky start to 2013 and for a while there it wasn't looking like it was going to be the great year that we were hoping for but this week things are definitely looking up.We're now all recovered from the awful bug that we had over Christmas (although poor Miss Frugal now has a cold and a dodgy tooth to contend with) and yesterday we had some excellent news that means that the waiting game we've been playing since New Years Eve is now over and everything's OK again (cryptic I know....)So when I saw that the theme for the gallery this week was new, I thought I'd share … [Read more...]

I don't know about your child's school but ours recommends that we read with our children for at least 15 minutes a night.  We also have spellings to learn each week and about an hours worth of actual homework each week to complete.Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with helping my children to learn and I genuinely believe that it's as much my responsibility as it is the schools to provide them with a well rounded education.  But, if I'm honest though, I don't read with them every night.  In fact, I probably read with them less than once a week - does that make me a bad parent?I … [Read more...]

I'm really enjoying taking part in Project 365 and even though this week has been a funny old week, looking back at the pictures has made me smile....The spider incident - poor Mr Frugal had to come and rescue me as I hate spiders. So tired after his first few days at school he was sound asleep by half six! This is Master Frugal's first attempt at Instagram although I did think he was quietly playing Angry Birds on my phone. We were at the out of hours dentist with Miss Frugal as she has an abscess in her mouth where a big tooth is pushing through. Snowball the Furby now has her … [Read more...]

We've been feeling a bit sorry for ourselves this week - apart from the usual post-Christmas blues, we've been ill with this stupid virus that everyone seems to have at the minute.  Most days we haven't even got dressed and we've spent the day watching films, playing games and generally doing nothing.I'm going to try and join in with Project 365 this year by posting a weekly round up of my favourite photos of the week although to be fair, looking at this weeks not very interesting pictures, it's clear that our first week of 2013 hasn't been very eventful ;-) … [Read more...]