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Hold That Thought, Milton! by Linda Ravin Lodding ~ A Picture Book Review

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Hold That Thought, Milton! by Linda Ravin Lodding Illustrated by: Ross Collins Series: N/A Published: Parragon Books Ltd, March 2014 Edition: Paperback Narrated By: N/A Length: 32 pages Genre: Picture Book, Children’s Fiction Where Did I Get It? Kindly received for review as part of the Parragon Book Buddies group. Summary (from Amazon): Milton’s pet frog…… Continue reading Hold That Thought, Milton! by Linda Ravin Lodding ~ A Picture Book Review

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Three Little Dinosaurs ~ A Book Review

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Three Little Dinosaurs by Charles Fuge Illustrated by: Charles Fuge Published: Parragon Books, 2013 Edition: Paperback Length: 24 pages Genre: Young Children’s, dinosaurs, Picture books Where Did I Get It?: Received for review as part of Parragon Book’s BookBuddies scheme Summary (From Amazon): With its sweet illustrations, appealing characters, and clever concept, Charles Fuge’s wonderful new…… Continue reading Three Little Dinosaurs ~ A Book Review

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The Day We Stroked A Skunk

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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

Quotes of the Week · Toddler

Quotes of the Week

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Potty training is fun… Arthur: Up! Up! Please! Caius: No, you’ll wee on me! * Arthur has a big ride-on Lightning McQueen and a small toy one. He is looking for one of them… Mummy: Are you looking for the big one? Arthur: No, TITTLE ONE! * Tori: Arthur! Be good. Arthur: NO WAAAY!! *…… Continue reading Quotes of the Week

Life · Toddler

What are these words you speak?

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About three weeks ago, Arthur learned to talk. He has been saying words for ages, but he hasn’t been really talking. Words were singular and merely statements: ‘No’, ‘choo choo’, ‘woof woof’, ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘please’, ‘nose’ – but all of a sudden he twigged that they work better together and it’s like someone cast a…… Continue reading What are these words you speak?

Family · Life · Music · Toddler

Our Top 3 Car CDs for Under 5s

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We spend a fair amount of time in the car with the Smalls (currently aged 2 and 3.5 years) and have tried a multitude of CDs to both a) keep them entertained and b) keep them quiet (these things are not one and the same). It involved a few painful incidents where we put a…… Continue reading Our Top 3 Car CDs for Under 5s

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Happy Birthday, Arthur Harry!

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Would you believe it? My ‘baby’ is two years old today. Yes, two. Already. I have no idea how this has happened. About five minutes ago he looked like this: And now he’s all: There’s no way of getting round it now, he’s not a baby any longer – he is very definitely a toddler.…… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Arthur Harry!

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Quotes Of The Week

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I think we need to work on Arthur’s pronunciation a bit after this week’s classics… * Watching CBeebies with Artie. TV: ‘X is for fox at the end of his tail!’ Artie: F*CK! * Arthur is standing in the hall pointing. Artie: Bummer! Bummer! Bummer! Mummy: Pardon? Artie: *pointing madly* Bummer! Mummy: *notices towel hanging…… Continue reading Quotes Of The Week