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...]
To all parents of fussy eaters….
Over the last few years, I've read a lot of articles about what do do with a fussy eater to encourage them to try new things, all of them offering advice on how to make your fussy eater less of a fussy eater. As you might know, Master Frugal is quite possibly the fussiest eater on the planet and I've tried all sorts to try and encourage him to eat more. I've tried a food reward chart (as made by Jen), I've tried making faced out of his food, I've told him he cant have desert if he doesn't eat his tea - in fact I think I've tried everything.Every now and again, he would try a tiny bit of … [Read more...]
I’m having a moment….
Only one more day left and then another school year will be over.Miss Frugal is going up into Year 5 and Master Frugal is going to be moving up to the dizzy heights of Year 3 where apparently you get to play in the big playground 'away from those little kids'.Funnily enough though, it's not the knowledge that they're both moving up a year at school that's made me feel a little bit sad tonight. It's the fact that when I cleaned the front of my fridge earlier on tonight, they both decided they were too old for all the 'babyish' fridge magnets.They're not particularly special fridge … [Read more...]
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