When the lovely people at Procter and Gamble told us that they are celebrating their 80th birthday this year and challenged us to live a day in the life of a 1930's family, we decided to give it a go - if only to show the kids what life was like without all the modern technology and home comforts that we have these days. We set aside last Sunday as our 1930's day but when we woke up, Master Frugal wasn't well so we decided to let him off the hook and just me and Miss Frugal worked our way through the list of tasks ;-)We started the day off with the 1930's beauty regime, of which I will … [Read more...]
Do you make time to help your children learn?
I read something in a magazine this week that annoyed me so much so that I actually e mailed the publishers of the magazine. It was a readers letter from a mum who said that her son was struggling with his spelling but 'as a busy mum' she didn't have time to help him. She does go on to say that she discovered her local library, got him a library card and his spelling has now greatly improved but I really don't think that's the point. As a mother, I do everything I can to encourage my children's learning and when it was apparent that Master Frugal was struggling, I did everything I could … [Read more...]
Silent Sunday – Buddy’s First Week….
It’s a Hard Life….
Master Frugal got a letter today, a special letter that came in a homemade envelope and was hand delivered to his desk at afternoon playtime. He was the only one to get one of these letters and I can imagine the big smile on his face as he opened the letter........I couldn't help but laugh when he showed me the letter - it was from his now ex-girlfriend, who decided that she didn't want to be his girlfriend anymore ;-( On School Disco day as well, poor little thing. He's not the only one with relationship problems though - the boy that Miss Frugal is mad about has told her that he … [Read more...]
The Gallery – Parents Night….
I know I've said before that I was worried about Master Frugal as he was behind his classmates for reading, you all gave me some brilliant ideas to encourage him and told me not to worry because he'd catch up when he was ready. I did listen to you all but it's been really hard for me not to worry, especially when it started to affect his confidence and when he started to worry that he couldn't read as well as his friends. I told him that all he could do was try his best and encouraged him as much as possible but he was starting to get frustrated and angry at himself when he couldn't get … [Read more...]
Silent Sunday – Meet Buddy….
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