As a surprise treat for the soon-to-be-five year old, we packed the kids into the car this morning and headed off to visit the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay for the day. We had a great time there, rounding off with a good long play session in the brilliant adventure playgrounds there and grabbing…… Continue reading 365 Project 2014, Week 30
With next week being the last of term, we spent today making Thank You presents for Tori’s teacher and assistant. I have been a bit adventurous with the plan for Tori’s fifth birthday cake and so despite her birthday not being until Monday the first two layers got baked (and frozen) today. It was the…… Continue reading 365 Project 2014, Week 29
It was the Fordhall Farm Summer Fair today and a stunning day for it – this is the kids having snack time in the shade of the shiny new tractors! For reasons best known to herself, Tori decided she was a dinosaur at dinner time… Tonight I made my own salmon fishcakes – to try…… Continue reading 365 Project 2014, Week 28
Caramel Croissant Pudding. It is amazing. Working off that pudding from last night!! Being good this week – determined to get fit and lose some weight at last. One minute he was playing and the next… Let’s not talk about today. It sucked. Tori went off on her school trip today and Arthur was very…… Continue reading 365 Project 2014, Week 27
Home from BritMums the first thing we all did was go to the park and have a play and ice cream. I discovered Mr Whippy covered in sherbet – it is AMAZING. (I know, I know – I have two 178s…) This afternoon Caius and I went for a walk down the canal to…… Continue reading 365 Project 2014, Week 26
Your Favourite Song At This Time Last Year Er….I have no idea. And I just looked up the top 10 chart singles in this month last year and knew precisely one of them…and I didn’t even like that one. Ah well, this song is fairly consistently one of my favourites at any time so it…… Continue reading 30 Day Music Challenge: Day Thirty
A Song From Your Childhood Decisions, decisions…funny though, almost every song I’m thinking of comes off the same tape of children’s records… Contenders for this included: Puff The Magic Dragon, Thumbelina, Inchworm, The Ugly Duckling, Tubby The Tuba, Popo the Puppet and Little Bunny Foo Foo. My choice? This: The Little Fiddle – Danny Kaye…… Continue reading 30 Day Music Challenge: Day Twenty-Nine
A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty You know when you’re a teenager and you promise the world to someone and really truly mean it? Then you grow up a bit and realise it’s not what you really want but they’ve set their heart on it for the rest of forever. This song makes me…… Continue reading 30 Day Music Challenge: Day Twenty-Eight
A Song You Wish You Could Play On An Instrument Pretty much any song – that would mean I could play an instrument properly!! But, on reflection, I’d love to be able to rock out something like this on a guitar: You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) – Meatloaf…… Continue reading 30 Day Music Challenge: Day Twenty-Seven
A Song You Can Play On An Instrument Hmmm. I’m not very musical but I can read music (slowly) and am capable of picking out a tune one-handedly on a piano/keyboard and I can pick out a few chords on the guitar too. Songs I can play? On piano – mostly Christmas Carols and No…… Continue reading 30 Day Music Challenge: Day Twenty-Six
Carole Finds Her Wings 