Beanie Boy’s birthday will be Something Special
In one weeks’ time we will have lived in our house for 3 years which means in 3 weeks’ time big old brown eyes, Beanie Boy, will be 3 years old! Where does the time go hey? I know I say it all the...
View ArticleHappy 3rd Birthday Beanie Boy xx
Just look at my cheeky little monkey, its hard to believe that he isn’t a baby anymore, heck he isn’t even a toddler!! 3years ago this morning I gave birth to my first baby boy, a cute little bindle...
View ArticleFamily Fun in London – thank you Vosene!
When the children started back to school we thought our summer trips were finished for this year but then I received an email inviting us to join the lovely folks at Vosene for breakfast at the...
View ArticleBeanie Boy’s birthday was a blast!
Beanie Boy’s birthday was over a week ago now and although I did publish a post on his birthday to say happy birthday I have struggled to find the time to get around to editing the photographs of his...
View ArticlePoorly boys and early mornings
How cute are this big-eyed duo?! Really cute, that’s how cute. But today, they don’t look like this, they look heavy-eyed, a bit pale and they have very snotty noses, a horrible cough and a raging...
View ArticleOctober Half Term 2013 – Monday
Today has been pretty much all about me and Little Bean spending time together. Beanie Boy was at pre-school and Jelly Bean has been catching up on sleep and crawling around our feet. Whilst it was...
View ArticlePotty Training Pride for Beanie Boy
A few weeks ago I blogged that we had attempted to potty train Beanie Boy over the summer holidays but we hadn’t felt he was clicking with it so we were putting it on the back-burner for a while....
View ArticleWhy bedtimes are so special . . .
When I initially started to think about writing this post about my ‘happy’ moments in a day, one of the first which sprang to mind was bedtime. Not my bedtime, the children’s bedtime. But then I...
View ArticleRemembrance Day 2013
I know, I’m a bit late with this post. To be honest, I’m not sure where the week has gone, it’s been a blur of tissues, hot lemon and snuggles on the sofa. The whole family has been full of cold and...
View ArticleA chilly day at the park . . .
Now that Jelly Bean is that little bit older it’s nice to be able to take him to the park with Beanie Boy whilst Little Bean is at school and for him to be able to join in, instead of being stuck in...
View ArticleJelly Bean’s First Christmas Party – Playgroup
Yesterday saw another ‘first’ for Jelly Bean. Along with Beanie Boy he attended his First Christmas Party at our local playgroup. As you can see from the pictures, he revelled in the attention from...
View ArticleJelly Bean’s First Visit to Santa’s Grotto
On Sunday we had a visit from our very good friends from Skegness and had a lovely day. We enjoyed time at home catching up whilst the children played and then we finished it off with a visit to...
View ArticleBeanie Boy’s next stage – he’ll be driving next!
The last time I looked Beanie Boy was my cute little three year old with a heart as big as his smile but in the last couple of months since he potty trained himself he has grown up another three years...
View ArticleWhat do you do when you know your child keeps telling lies to you?
I completely understand that telling lies is part and parcel of a child’s development and growth but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy pill to swallow. I really do my absolute best to try to bring my...
View ArticleThe end of my breastfeeding journey . . .
Last Thursday afternoon (16th January) marked a bittersweet moment for me as I breastfed Jelly Bean for the very last time. I consider myself to be a very lucky Mummy because when I first became a...
View ArticleMoments that mattered in 2013
Last year started with a bang for us and probably the event that will mark 2013 as a great year for us was the arrival of our cheeky little chappy Jelly Bean on 31st January. After Beanie Boy we...
View ArticleWhen Perry the Penguin came to visit #PerryOnTour
If you go down to Costa today, you’re sure of a great surprise . . . because Perry the Penguin Gingerbread has arrived to put a smile on the faces of the younger visitors. To celebrate Perry’s arrival...
View ArticleWhy isn’t he sleeping?
I don’t really feel like I should complain, I know there are others in worse positions but as I am sitting here trying to think about all the things I need to be doing, I can feel my eyelids with a...
View ArticleQuality Time with Beanie Boy
I’m sorry to say that I have got my ‘quality time’ posts in completely the wrong order. The week before I went to London with Little Bean, I had a day out with Beanie Boy just the two of us. Beanie...
View ArticleThe Persil #KidsToday Project – looking at life through a child’s eyes
Have you ever stopped to think about what life must be like for your children? I mean, actually looking at life through their eyes? I have, it’s something I think about often. It’s the reason I will...
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