The roles a Mother plays
Today I have been… Butler and maid Chief bottle washer Style consultant and hairdresser Sous chef and cook Cleaner Floor mopper (twice) Climbing frame Tickle...
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Parenting Italian style with Pasta and Patchwork
It’s been crazy busy at Bod Towers for the past week with preparations for the arrival of both The Tour de France and Curly Girl’s fifth birthday...
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Kirstie Allsop and feminism – have we missed the point?
Following an interview in The Telegraph in June Kirstie Allsopp may have been criticised for bringing feminism into disripute but I think the real point she was making is about fertility education – and on that point I wholeheartedly agree with her.
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Parenting Dutch Style
Welcome to another in my occasional series of guest posts about Parenting Around the Planet – a chance to step back from the day-to-day and take in another...
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Everything in the garden is lovely…
Yesterday was such a beautiful sunny day I threw the back door open and Little Man and I mooched about outside enjoying the weather. I may have gone a bit overboard on...
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Two days in hospital with a toddler puts life in perspective
It felt surreal, reminding my daughter to eat her cereal while I waited for the ambulance to arrive. Little Man had been ill for most of the Bank Holiday...
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Another perfect day at Coombe Mill Farm
After the fun of our first day, the second morning of our long weekend at Coombe Mill Farm, was much anticipated. Three little words – the feed run. It’s...
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Exploring Coombe Mill
We’re here! Our first day at Coombe Mill and we’re already loving it. We set off this morning an hour later than we’d planned but the traffic was...
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