We are a bit of a geeky family, the Smalls are exposed to a fair bit of technology round and about the house - from a Casio keyboard through to a Raspberry Pi. This means that it would be all too easy to let the machines do the babysitting all the time. Indeed when I… Continue reading Finding a Balance
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Mike The Knight: Be A Knight, Do It Right! ~ DVD Review
Ever since our visit to see Mike The Knight at Warwick Castle, the Smalls have been obsessed - their games regularly involve them running around shouting 'Be A Knight, Do It Right!', riding their hobby dragon (we don't have a horse...) and waving various objects as swords. So when the opportunity arose for us to… Continue reading Mike The Knight: Be A Knight, Do It Right! ~ DVD Review
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The Day We Stroked A Skunk
It was Tori's school trip last Thursday and luckily there were enough spaces on the coach for all of us to go. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun exploring Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom which is only half an hour or so from home! After the usual ear-splitting, mind-numbing bus journey… Continue reading The Day We Stroked A Skunk
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Unpacking ~ A #NaPoWriMo Poem
I wrote this yesterday (25th April) after spending a lot of the day sorting through bags and boxes of stuff from when I was 16 through university and up to breaking up with the Small's father. It was a surreal kind of day with lots of emotions floating around and both happy and sad memories… Continue reading Unpacking ~ A #NaPoWriMo Poem
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Water Play
My Twitter and Facebook feeds are full of people engaging in messy sensory play and as the Easter Holidays are here and I have a daughter who misses the stimulation of preschool dreadfully, I thought I'd bite the bullet and join in. I say bite the bullet - I'm not very good at messy play.… Continue reading Water Play
Carole Finds Her Wings 