Tag Archives: children

Tying shoelaces

Little Owl’s new shoes are lace-ups so we are trying to teach her to tie them herself. I hadn’t given any thought to the multitude of ways you can tie a bow on a pair of shoes. Big Dreamer and … Continue reading

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Rocket box

If you sat quietly in our living room you could be forgiven for thinking that we’ve got a fairly serious plumbing issue. From all corners of the room comes a steady chorus of dripping, punctuated with the odd bubble. There’s … Continue reading

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Garden warfare

It’s going to be a busy week in our house. Little Owl is not just in one theatrical production but two. Then Friday is the school fete. It’s my first ever school summer fete so I’m pretty excited! I’m in … Continue reading

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Gaps

It’s been a momentous weekend in our house. Little Owl has had a wobbly tooth for ages and it finally fell out. She was having a water fight in the garden when her friend accidentally elbowed her in the jaw … Continue reading

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Website Update

Recently my website started to feel like an itchy old skin I’d outgrown again, full of work that no longer fitted, so it was time for a freshen up. The updated website is now live and has on it lots … Continue reading

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Open Farm Sunday

Today was Open Farm Sunday. The idea behind this fantastic initiative is that we, the general public, can visit the places and people who produce our food and care for our countryside. We headed out to a farm near us, … Continue reading

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Forest of the Imagination

Just a quick heads up about an arts event happening in Bath this weekend. If you happen to be in the area a dear friend of ours has been involved in organising the Forest of Imagination, a pop-up multi-disciplinary arts … Continue reading

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Monkey!

This weekend Little Owl and I had a fantastic treat. We drove out to a nearby village and crammed into the pretty hall to see a puppet show version of the Chinese folk tale Monkey. This was an adaptation of … Continue reading

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Endings

This week marked the end of my wonderful, wonderful writing course. For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve been going along to an evening class on writing for children over the last term and it’s been … Continue reading

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Ella’s Kitchen

Even in the five years since Little Owl was born loads of ingenious little things have come onto the market to make parenting a small baby easier. With Little Owl I slaved over ice-cube trays of organic homemade baby food, … Continue reading

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