“Mum….” says Maddy. “Can i play those maths games on your laptop?” (Spark island trial) Me: “Hmmm… the trial has expired, i don’t really want to pay £5 a month for it.” “Oh :(” says Maddy sadly. “I really wanted to play that game with the noughts and the crosses on it…. oh well….” *Reaching […]

There have been a few things this week i’ve not talked about here, what with one thing and another it’s been a very incomplete blogging week. So i shall now attempt to put that right. Thursday Josie ensured i was otherwise engaged; as it turns out, given she’s still being sick now and Max and […]

www.flickr.com Today’s Puddler group was on Dinosaurs – as usual it was excellent – this week we had 23 paying children and probably around another 10 small people – it is just morphing into my ideal group. It’s pleasant to be at, the facilities are excellent and everyone seems really committed to making it happen. […]

Todays plan was to bake first thing, then go over to Tammy’s house to share their science day. I was really looking forward to it, so were the girls. Unfortunately, the day didn’t quite go to plan. Max has had a cold for a year, as it turns out it’s an allergy, but last night […]

I totted up our “field trips” this year; including camps and our local groups (once a month-ish) we’ve had 46 different events this year – things outside the normal run of events that have had some social/educational feel to them. Not bad really, considering i anticipated a quiet, post-baby year. We seem to be in […]

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/PboroMudPud/ Please join if you are a local MPer 🙂 and attend or wish to attend, our local meeting. its a moderated group, so i’ll be looking for people i recognise, for securities sake.

You are Rerun! Which Peanuts Character are You? brought to you by Quizilla Bet no-one saw that coming. (See, the quiz says i’m clever 😉 )

Oooops – must do something with the children tomorrow!!!!! EDIT: Oh no, something did happen, Fran wanted to send Josie in to the CBeebies birthday club and wrote the address down – hurrah, independent, use-driven writing!

Today we visited a Mosque, something that had definitely been on my “to do ” list, especially because Islam has filtered so naturally into our lives with having so many Muslim friends. The girls have quite a lot of curiosity about why some of their friends dress differently and today answered a lot of their […]

9.30 Arrive at vets, 6 miles south of our house, to drop the inaptly named Smartie off to have his masculinity removed. 10am Try to find a parking space in town, having driven back 4 miles into town. 10.15 Dash home to grab piriton and juice for Amelie. 10.30 Go a bit west to visit […]