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Wee wee wee all the way home . . . 2008-06-16 02:34:09 What four words do you dread hearing the most when you are in the middle of a car journey with a young child? I. NEED. A. WEE. You get that tightening in the pit of your stomach because it always...
The meme thingumy 2008-06-17 13:36:15 Call me thick, or tired, or both, but it took me a while to figure the rules of this game out (but then I was redirecting a sleepwalking tot into her bed at 4am. And work's been hectic. And ....
Movie quote game 2008-06-17 02:42:01 OK this blog has nothing to do with motherhood or children or school or spending my whole weekend loading and unloading the washing machine (but I digress, that's a whole other rant I plan to have in my head later...
Thanks Mo Willems for being so brilliant 2008-06-18 12:00:00 This book has caused a real furore in our house. I mean the children actually fight over it. Hear that? My children fight over a BOOK. To me that is the Holy Grail - a book that your children... Read more:Thanks
A lady in waiting . . . 2008-06-27 02:05:41 Will my little girl with the pretty name and the big pretty eyes ever become remotely girly? I only ask because she seems to be going further and further down the route of tomboyishness. "You're such a good girl, Mia"...
Wordless Wednesday: Ice ice baby 2008-06-25 02:00:05 And she's been addicted ever since . . . For more Wordless Wednesday
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Face painting - the results are in 2008-06-24 12:55:09 I will hold my hands up and admit it right now - I am useless when it comes to face painting. I'm useless when it comes to painting full stop. And I'm considered the arty one of the family. All... Read more:results
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TV dinners 2008-06-24 05:27:32 This is what happens when you promise your children they can do whatever they want after school. Hubby and I spent the weekend pandering to their social calendars (at the age of 5 my social calendar consisted of meeting...
It's all about getting your priorities right 2008-06-20 16:04:04 Tonight Daniel had a full on melt down in public. I could tell he was tired when he whined the full 10-minutes of the car journey from his school to Pizza Hut (ah yes, a good healthy meal to end... Read more:priorities
Grieving parents falsely arrested for baby son's murder 2008-06-20 13:59:30 As the mother of a little girl who is almost three, I read this story and felt ashamed to be British. When their little boy fell from railings in a playground and banged his head, parents Michelle and Chris... Read more:arrested
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Is it time to audition for the next Lord of the Rings movie? 2008-06-20 02:11:34 There is something troubling me so I'm just going to come right out and say it. My gorgeous little boy has hairy toes. I'm not even joking. I was scrubbing his feet in the bath last night (ah yes,... Read more:Rings
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So very very wrong - stilettos for babies 2008-06-19 02:29:49 Is is just me or are these baby shoes totally in bad taste? Sure they're just for fun (or heelarious, as the company is so wittily called) - but stilettoes for babies? Really? Did I just pass out and...
You know you're a parent when . . . 2008-07-11 02:00:40 Rummaging through my cavernous handbag for my car keys at the end of a day at work I managed to pull out a pirate's eye patch, a mini compass, a pack of crayons and a plastic slinky before I...
Jessica Alba reveals pregnancy made her feel unsexy 2008-07-10 12:34:16 In a sea of celebs declaring how wonderful they felt during their pregnancy and how they blossomed and bloomed, it's rather refreshing to hear actress Jessica
Alba admit she didn't enjoy it one jot. The Fantastic Four star has... Read more:Jessica Alba
Aiming high 2008-07-09 15:50:42 Hubby: "Daniel! You really are becoming an irksome child." Dan (with a big smile on his face): "Ooo, I like being an irksome child." Pause. You can hear the cogs turning in that wise old 5-year-old brain. "Muuummmmyyyyy! What's irksome?"...
Katie Holmes rumoured to be pregnant with baby number 2 2008-07-09 02:32:18 Tom Cruise's wife KatieHolmes
has sparked rumours that she could be expecting her second baby after been spotted with an apparent baby bump at the weekend. The 29-year-old actress is already mum to two-year-old daughter Suri, and set... Read more:pregnant
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Nicole Kidman gives birth to a baby girl 2008-07-07 14:25:14 She gave birth
on Monday, but Nicole Kidman
and Keith Urban have named their newborn little girl Sunday. Little Sunday Rose was born in Nashville weighing 6 lbs 7½oz She the first child for the Oscar-winning actress and her... Read more:Nicole Kidman
Next time I'm taking a bag of sweets. Or a different child 2008-07-04 09:00:00 Mia and I are at the supermarket checkout with a trolley brimming with shopping. She is sat in the trolley while I unload the shopping onto the conveyor belt. The supermarket is packed. Mia is bored, and she's restless which... Read more:different
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Doctor Who and the attack of the Cheerio fiend 2008-07-04 05:30:00 Anticipation levels are running pretty high in our house for the finale of Doctor
Who showing this Saturday night. Daniel is jumping around like a boy on a spring he's so hyped up. He doesn't know if he's more... Read more:attack
Is Nicole Richie pregnant with her second child already? 2008-07-04 04:00:25 If you're a celebrity you can never be spotted out and about in a flowing kaftan without the world's press speculating that you're cooking a bun in the oven under those folds of material. The latest 'celeb' (what exactly... Read more:pregnant
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Wordless Wednesday: Life explained 2008-07-02 02:30:02 A male 'colleague' sent me this by email. He has been relegated from 'friend' to 'colleague' for obvious reasons. He could win his way back with a few more cups of tea (ones he makes without barbed comments and... Read more:Wednesday
And the top 5 awards for making me chuckle this week go to . . . 2008-07-01 14:10:19 Last night I spent a couple of hours randomly breezing around the blogosphere, popping in on people, having a little chat, poking around their 'homes' etc - and what an utterly fascinating place it is. I tell you what, I... Read more:making
The day we went to gawp at winos 2008-06-30 05:18:05 We visited the Cotswold Wildlife Park at the weekend - what a fabulous place that is. Set in beautiful grounds in the shadow of a stunning Victorian manor house, it's really interactive - it feels very much like the...
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