After a week of all the girls being poorly, Max and I came down with milder versions of it this weekend. We pootled about though and did things – the girls indulged in a lot of rabbit play and pet worship, which was great to see. I made these and Josie sat with me, also […]
Empty & aching and I don't know why…
Dear Freddie, Today you should be 11 months old. Your birthday is creeping up and it is preying on all our minds, even in the places I normally expect it the least. I know we all wish we were planning the first ever boy birthday in the house instead of trying to work out how […]
5 things I would like my children to know about me
Written for the Friday Club Carnival. Whist. There is a thing. What 5 things would I like my children to know about me? I can think of lots of things I would prefer them NOT to know about me, though I can see there will be a time when I’ll have to tell them those […]
If you are right, you are almost certainly wrong.
When I was a teenager, a fairly constant refrain from my mother was “one day, you’ll be having this conversation/argument/rant with your children and you’ll suddenly realise I was right!” It was.. very… irritating. It’s a stand point from which a child has no come back and can’t offer any sort of an opinion. Without […]
Holidays
As is customary in the Puddle household, last week we took ourselves off to Centerparcs. It’s always a good way for us to have a low maintenance wind down holiday after the busy Xmas period and one of those holidays which, being a large-ish family, has not too much effort attached. In fact, it’s easy, […]
All the other things we've been doing.
I’m so far behind on the day to day life around here that I don’t think I can remember. Maddy went on her PGL holiday and loved it. I wasn’t really worried about her going, though it didn’t feel very long after all our traumas. She was very pleased to be going and came home […]
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