As you may remember, Master Frugal got a Nintendo DS for Christmas. He absolutely loves it and has hardly put it down since he unwrapped it. The fact that he is playing on his DS has also renewed Miss Frugal's enthusiasm for hers and they have discovered that as they both have Mario Kart they can play against each other, even when they are in different rooms!Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh - I am hearing the tune from the game in my sleep. Literally. I got up for a wee in the night and I could have sworn that I could hear the tune, I even went into both of their bedrooms to check but they were both fast … [Read more...]

When it started to snow last night we decided to go out and play - even though it was cold and dark and the kids were already in their pyjama's! After all, its not very often that it snows like that and usually when it does, either the kids are at school or I'm at work.When everyone was dressed in about 6 layers of clothes we ventured out (well, I say everyone but Mr Frugal decided to join in the fun by standing in the warm and watching out of the window). After being hit by a few random snowballs when the kids managed to aim right, we decided to make a snowman and Pattie was born.I have no … [Read more...]