I’ve had an association with East London for a very long time and even though we are now planning on moving back to Norfolk, I don’t think I can ever forget the place I will always think of as my part of town. My school was just around the corner from Hoxton which became a fixture in my night life diary for many years and then, when I got together with Jonny we lived in Mile End. We also lived […]
Month: October 2015
When it comes to Schleich animals Jimmy is a pretty big fan. He got quite a few for his birthday this year and because we are lucky enough to get to review them for the blog, he’s had a fair few more to play with too. I’ve bought him lots of zoo animals and dinosaurs and recently we’ve been sent horses and sea creatures. Truth be told Florence bagsied the horses but Jimmy managed to claim everything else. As well […]
I often see other parents in restaurants and other places where you need to keep children sitting nicely and they have whole bags of tricks to keep their little ones happy. Out come tupperwares filled with cars, Lego, crayons etc and all I can do is look on with jealousy. Jealousy that they’ve been so organised and as my children look longingly at the ther kid’s fun things I try to force them to busty their head in the iPad […]
There’s a Mum I chat to at the school gates who has a 9 month old baby as well as two big ones. She often has that very definite look of a woman who’s been up all night with a non sleeper and as I sympathised with her the other day, remembering the feeling oh so vividly (not that Jimmy sleeps much better now he’s 3), it made me wonder at how she manages to get her older girls ready […]
October may have only JUST begun and the days may very well have taken an upturn when it comes to sunshine but there’s no denying that the nights are drawing in, cold weather is looming and October half term is just around the corner. It’s the half term with a bit of spook to it and we’re already thinking about what we’re going to do for Halloween this year! Dressing up, party food and days out to entertain are at […]