As a parent of a four year old I rarely get out in the evenings. However, last week I ended up in the local supermarket around half seven on a last minute birthday cake expedition. I was very shocked to see so many children out late with their parents shopping.

We always ...Read More »

It is true. Time really does go really quickly and I can't believe that we are now faced with choosing which school to send Isabella to.

We have a couple of months to decide and we are very lucky as we are in catchment for a good school, and there are at three more school ...Read More »

I remember as a child getting nits lots of times. However last night I actually got see them. Whilst washing her hair noticed what I thought at first was dirt in her hair. Then when it moved I knew it could only be nits! Yuk!

I had nits lots when I was a child. I didn't t ...Read More »

I can't believe it. The seeds that we planted last week have started to grow. It is very exciting. I thought we would have to wait weeks for anything at all to happen, but in only a few days little shoots have appeared.

Isabella keeps wanting to have a look. Yesterday we ...Read More »

Whilst I am a big fan of gardens I am not a great gardener. Isabella however loves all things creepy crawly and flowery. So when I noticed a half price kids planting kit in Tesco, I thought why not and bought it.

The kit had everything needed to plant some sweat peas. It ...Read More »

Yey, we did it. Yesterday, despite a dodgy start to the day, the weather turned out to be quite nice in the afternoon. So I rang a friend and we arranged to leave the cars behind and walk up to the school together.

It is actually quite a nice walk and enroute there is a l ...Read More »

On the way to ballet yesterday disaster struck. Isabella started crying for apparently no reason. Then, I spot it, on her chest is a bee.

He has somehow settled on her and crawled down into her leotard, perhaps got stuck and stung her chest. I struggled to get him off her ...Read More »

At what age should the buggy be given up? We were at Chessington yesterday and were quite surprised by the number of older kids being pushed around in a buggy. I think Isabella was two and a quarter when we last used the buggy. Whenever we go shopping or for any days out, we always just wal ...Read More »

When we first bought our daughter her bike, I was really surprised to see how difficult she found it to ride. It is a big girl's two wheel bike with stabilisers. I knew of course that riding a bike with only two wheels would be difficult.Read More »

It has been a long time coming, but finally the last of her new spots have crusted over. It was just a stubborn one between her toes that didn't want to change. I was beginning to think it never would.

I am not sure how we will celebrate. The weather is your typical wet ...Read More »