It's so hard not to compare your children. Miss Frugal was so eager to learn and Master Frugal has, up until recently, shown no interest at all in learning to write. I'm not worried too much as he's only just turned five but I have been a bit stuck for ideas on what I could do to help him learn. All of a sudden it seems to have clicked a bit for him. He wants to learn and over the last couple of weeks he has gone from a unrecognisable scribble to being able to write his name reasonably clearly.I keep trying to get him to pick out letters from the words we see … [Read more...]
Reward or Bribery….
I love some of the things kids say, Miss Frugal has just seen an advert on TV for personal loans and asked if she could get one so that she could buy the new doll she is after.The doll she wants is a baby version of one she already has! Just when I thought we had every type of doll on the market - we have one who crawls and has tantrums, one who poos and cries, one who's ill and cries, one who swims, and her all time favourite - the one that does nothing and cost about a fiver.Anyway to cut a long story short, we've decided to introduce a reward … [Read more...]
Donkey Derby….
I love weekends!Today's been another lovely day, although it didn't exactly go according to plan! We were originally going to go have a paddle in the sea and an ice cream followed by a nice afternoon in the garden with a BBQ but the weather was a bit on the chilly side so we ended up having a quick walk on the beach followed by a visit to the boot sale and a movie afternoon at home.The kids had a ride on the donkeys at the beach, Miss Frugal loves anything horsey and has had a few horseriding lessons so she was over the moon to be having a ride on a donkey. She chose … [Read more...]
Ice-creams and Vegetables….
We've had a lovely day today in the sunshine,a nice relaxing morning followed by a trip to the park, a visit to the beach and topped off with ice creams.It might be a good idea here to point out that he trapped his middle finger in a gate at the park which is why he has it stuck up....The picture quality isn't too good as we were using Mr Frugal's I phone but they're actually better quality than I thought they would be. We've also finally got around to planting our vegetable pots - we have carrots, brocolli and tomatoes although we're probably going to get a few more tomorrow if we … [Read more...]
Another Meal Plan….
SaturdayLunch - Cereal and toast.Tea - Home made Wraps with cajun chicken for the grown ups and ham and cheese for the mini frugals. Frugal Fondue for pudding.SundayLunch - American Style Pancakes if I can be bothered to make them.Tea- Minced beef and onions, yorkshire puddings, roasties and veg - again....MondayLunch - SandwichesTea - Chicken dippers with oven chips and mini corn on the cobs for the kids. Oven baked risotto for us.TuesdayLunch - Home made quicheTea - Home made macaroni cheese - still one of the few meals that the whole family will all eat!WednesdayLunch - … [Read more...]
Who needs Dolmio….
In an effort to be even more of a perfect Domestic Goddess, I have just made my own tomato sauce, from scratch, without any help, on my own!It's super easy and cheap! I'm not good with technical terms but I just put some chopped onions and chopped garlic in a pan with a big glug of olive oil and cooked them until the onions were soft. I admit that I had some help with the stirring:Next comes the tomato bit, but seeing as Master Frugal doesn't like tomatoes he left this bit to his big sister. She added two tins of chopped tomatoes to the mixture and poured sprinkled in some … [Read more...]
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