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Encouraging boy’s to write
My boys are like chalk and cheese, as I have said before. Maxi was writing by age three, whereas, Mini really doesn’t enjoy mark making or writing. He is a perfectionist and gets upset that it...
View ArticleDiscussing the Bad Stuff
The world seems to have had more than it’s fair share of disasters over the last couple of years, the floods in India, situation in Haiti, the earthquake in Christchurch and then overnight the massive...
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Now we are Six
Today you turn six. It seems like somehow we have blinked and all of a sudden I have a six year old. We have been blessed to watch you grow and develop. To get small glimpses to the man you may...
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Overstretched, underpaid and giving it their all
I have never made my admiration for the NHS a secret. I am one of the few who has seen them when a real emergency occurs. Who have seen them give their all when people where in life or death situations...
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The tooth fairy made her first trip
Maxi lost his first tooth on Wednesday last week after is started wobbling the week before. He was eating an apple at school and nearly swallowed it! This left me in a dilemma as to whether or not...
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When good words turn bad!
Early on down the journey that is raising children, MadDad and I decided that we wanted to call the boys sexual organs by the correct names, so penis, testicles, Scrotum, it is. Along the years Willie...
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My Boys first baths
Before I had Maxi I had never changed a nappy or held a baby for longer than 5 minutes and even then, that was under duress! Yes I was one of those annoying career woman who wanted to have nothing to...
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This is our happily ever after, Life lessons from the summer holiday
I used to be a control freak, a planner, an organiser and have always needed to be in charge. I am very good at planning and getting things done, hence the fact that I manage projects. However, over...
View ArticleThe things they say and do – Singing out of tune and girlfriends at 5
The wonderful Chris at Thinly Spread (I have something of a girl crush on her) does a weekly Things they say and do post and it always makes me smile. Every week (usually on a Friday) we meet the fab...
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tassimo, how a coffee machine has revolutionised our lives (no exaggeration)
I never thought that a coffee machine would make such a difference to our home. I am not a coffee drinker, but MadDad loves a good coffee and it is his affordable luxury in life. So when offered a...
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