I’m very aware of how much both girls are growing up and changing each week, but occasionally something really makes me stop and think about it. This week, the trigger has been lots of talk about school. I overheard a conversation earlier in the week about the problem parents face when taking school age children…
This week, we have been getting used to the new dynamic of having two mobile children in the house. It’s just over a week since Lia started crawling now, and it really does make a big difference. I have to be much more careful when I nip out of the room. Lia doesn’t seem to…
Happy New Year! We started this year in the best possible way, putting Lia to bed at around 8 pm yesterday and not getting her up until 7.40 am today. This is the third time she has effectively slept through the night, but the first time she hasn’t been awake at 5 or 6 am…
Libby and Lia have both had a wonderful Christmas. Having asked for nothing but books, they have nearly 50 new books between them, as well as some book themed items and a few other things thrown in for variation. Christmas lunch was somewhat unusual, with Lia having the time of her life rubbing parsnip into…
Well what do you know. Hubby thinks that my last post wasn’t entirely factual (it was). He seems to take offence at me producing something mildly amusing at the expense of cold hard facts (knob). So to satisfy hubby, here is an accurate account of our week since my last Thursday Photo post. Friday: Nursery,…
Where have the last 30 weeks gone, answer me that?? And while you’re at it, how is it that child number two, at 30 weeks old is still keeping me awake for most of the night when child number one slept through from eight weeks old? Answers on a postcard please. If you could possibly…