Daily Archives: October 21, 2009

Picture Perfect Meme 7

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Linda at ‘You’ve got your hands full’ tagged me with the Picture Perfect Meme, which Tara at Sticky Fingers started. You have to show a picture that your children have drawn about you. You may remember that a little while ago MaxiMad made a trip to the local sorting office where he saw the life cycle of a postcard he had previously posted.  Well on that postcard was a picture of his family. A while back MadDad ordered me the the wonderful Handmade home by Amanda Blake Soule, who is Soulemamma.  In it she makes Portrait Bookmarks (she has a free PDF with the instructions on here).  I thought these were a more »

A Very Proud Mummy 6

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If any one would like to ask me what I want for my children it would be for them to be happy and balance individuals. Well MadDad and I spent the evening at the minimads school talking to the boys teachers and I have come away a very happy bunny. We were told we should be proud of our children as they are balanced, happy and well mannered children.  MiniMad is in the Preschool and you will remember that it was terrible getting him settled, but it seems all in the distant past.  His key worker, who is the head of nursery informed us he was a real joy.  A very more »

Writing Workshop on a Wednesday 5

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Josie at Sleep is for the weak holds a weekly writing workshop with several prompts posted on a Monday, this week I chose: You will eat what I put in front of you with out a word of complaint and then thank me for cooking you a nutritious, low salt, healthy and tasty meal – not a peep out of you. You will allow mummy to sleep till 6.30am. You will not shout “please come and wipe my bum” continually a the top of your voices until I turn up.  I do acknowledge you first time and set off. You will not bring friends ie worms and other creatures to the dinning more »