The boy likes things with wheels. Car. Bike. Truck. Lorry (lor-ee). Van. Digger. Bus. He likes them a lot. He likes to acknowledge every vehicle we see and he likes us to acknowledge them back. Car journeys are fun 🙄 So as you can imagine, Truckfest from his bedroom window makes for a deliriously happy […]
Jigsaw Boy
I forget to post about Bene and how he’s growing up. He’s the centre of the universe here, doted on by all of us, never unattended, never alone or left to his own devices. He’s fitted right in like the last piece of the jigsaw. But I’ve not remembered to keep a tally of what […]
Soothing Stitches: Another crochet hat with a Hungry Caterpillar theme.
This book has been Bene’s favourite since the earliest of times. In fact, it has probably been all their favourite book at some point; I imagine that is why after 45 years, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is still going strong. I imagine that is why “pop!” and “caterpillar” and “sun” and “be-uuuutiful butterfly!” have been […]
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Today was a ‘motherhood’ day. Ups and downs. Growling as I stomped around the house looking for a very lost kindle which eventually turned out to be hidden (in a very toddler manner) behind the radiator that is behind the sofa, growling more as I encountered the bedrooms of my daughters. That’s life. Mess, missing […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #10: Speech Apathy
This is how I like my children… In the garden, being noisy, having fun, not connected to app or screen or anything much. It seems a pretty perfect way to be. Bene, like his biggest sister was, is in his element when he’s being physically boisterous. He’s all about body at the moment, has been […]
It's Hama Time!
I didn’t know he knew about these smaller ones and certainly I didn’t think he knew where they were kept. But today he got them out for himself and for a blissful few moments, he was totally absorbed. Shortly after that, he discovered the joy of sprinkling them everywhere 🙄 I’m not getting much crafting […]
Two.
Our second son is 2. I’d have given a lot to know he was going to make it to 2, at this moment 2 years ago. Just after Max left the hospital, the doctors came to take him to scbu, having found the jaundice that would plague him for 12 weeks already in his blood. […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #9: Domestic Servitude.
Do you remember that phrase? The one Badman, Balls, Brown and the NSPCC tried to use to describe the poor home ed kids stuck at home, forced to do menial chores and tasks while their lucky school friends had a meaningful, perfect education in school? Look at this poor toddler, forced to clean his daddy’s […]
Review: Clarks Shoes.
We were recently given the opportunity to review the service at Clarks in exchange for a voucher towards shoes; Bene, owner of the fastest growing feet in history, got lucky, since he was the person currently poking through the ends of his shoes so off we went, pausing along the way for a variety of […]
Bene's Christmas Stocking.
Last year I made Bene his very own Christmas stocking; as a January baby he was just old enough to enjoy unpacking one with some help and I wanted it to be special to him, not just bought off a peg. I have a vivid memory of the girls wanting to buy Freddie a […]
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