When working with kids, it’s essential to keep them stimulated and entertained, which is where high-quality learning toys from companies like Hope Education come in. Games, jigsaws, building blocks and other activities that encourage learning are a must-have for any playroom, so here are ten educational toys every childminder should have. Animal puzzles The great […]
Flitting like a butterfly.
One of the problems with being a bit of a ‘plant’ (opposite of completer finisher as opposed to ‘a bit of a vegetable’) is that the internet ends up littered with bright ideas you didn’t finish but that you really should have. One of these is MuddlePuddle which was my first ever site and was […]
Dancer.
Last night was the annual talent show at our dance school. This year was lovely because 3 of the 4 girls were in it (and the 4th decided she really missed being in it so is going back to rejoin in the new year). Fran is now one of the ‘big girls’ there; it is […]
How to be a gymnastics mum.
The other week I wrote a bit about the serious side of being a gymnastics mum and about how loving our sportswomen daughters, supporting them and encouraging them is our role. And then this post on being a rugby mum (which I already am and which I suspect I have many more years of!) by […]
Can the sofa get your sporty motivation back?
Apparently it can. My Netflix challenge this month was to find a way to make couple time, which is… in the run up to Xmas with 5 kids, a toy shop and a rugby and gymnastics club to take an active part in running… something of a challenge. We have, however, managed to work our […]
Level 6. For the 800th time.
This weekend was the return of the Level 6 gym competition; it was a big day for all three gym girls. Josie was determined to be top of the pile, having had to miss doing Level 5 for this year because a couple of moves just weren’t ready and Amelie, who hadn’t competed for 3 […]
The Gallery: Yellow
We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing. And he picked up the yellow pen and, with great deliberation, drew a yellow circle. And […]
Level 4 for Fran.
Keeping up with the family records for posterity; Fran did Level 4 in gymnastics for the first time the other week. She did really well, a clean enough round bar two muppetty falls on beam. One was hilarious (she’s never going to forget it) and cost her 2nd overall and if she hadn’t fallen the […]
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The endless shame of toddler parenting for me is, yet again, how far I fail in the food department. 5th time round, I still have a child who has hit age 2 with the palate of an adult and then suddenly regressed until nothing but white processed bread will do. Natural weaning, home made or […]
Too tight to try a tuff spot.
This is what happens when you are doing toddlers for the 5th time. The girls would have got a tuff spot. Bene gets a cat litter tray and a bag of soup beans. I really wanted to be be good at toddler stuff this time round. I was going to be all messy play and […]
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