A Very Purple Holiday – Part Two Centre Parcs
Last week we had a holiday in two parts. Firstly to visit my Father In Law in Bridlington, on the Yorkshire coast (which I wrote about here) and then to Centre Parcs in Sherwood Forest. We have visited...
View ArticleThe 5-2 Diet And My Relationship With Food
Yesterday I was at a cookery book launch (more about that in another post) with a small group of blogger friends. Obviously since it was a cookery book the food at the event was plentiful and...
View ArticleSwimming Lessons
I love water, being near it, in it, on it, it’s my favourite place to be. The beach is the place where I feel most at peace. So naturally it’s important to me that my children can swim and be …...
View ArticleWhat We Do When School Ends
After picking up Super Kid from school at 3.15pm it’s really easy to head home, switch on the TV and veg out. We’re all tired, and it’s a real lull in the day. This week I have been trying something …...
View ArticleLabels
Wife, Mother, Daughter, Circus Artist, Loser, Winner, Kooky, Funny, Mental.These are all labels I have worn at various times in my life. Life likes to label us. Some labels are easier to wear than...
View ArticleGender And Play
Recently I read about a family who chose to raise their child as gender neutral to avoid stereotyping. They have since revealed that their child is a boy since it became hard to conceal his gender once...
View ArticleKid’s Cinema
Recently we discovered that our local cinema offers showings of children’s films on weekend mornings for only £1.50 per ticket. Since it would normally cost us over £40 to all go to the cinema this is...
View ArticleBeach Days
I love the beach. It’s literally my favourite place in the whole wide world. My most local beach is Weston Super Mare. Known endearingly as Weston Super Mud for it’s lack of actual sea. It’s lovely if...
View ArticleWonder Girl Turns Two
Wonder Girl turned two today. She is an amazing little girl. Sweet, caring, and determined with (luckily for her since she has me for a mother) a fabulous sense of humour. Go on , share this.The post...
View ArticleTeddy Bear’s Picnic
Wonder Girl truelly loves her cuddly toys. One of her favourite games involves lining them up, reading them a story and feeding them play food. So for her second birthday I decided a teddy bear’s...
View ArticleEthical Blogging
I recently read the following post on one of my favourite blogs, Thinly Spread. I really admire Christine and her commitment to ethical blogging. I too am passionate about living a sustainable...
View ArticleA Fast Day 5-2 Diet
I’ve been doing the 5-2 diet for seven weeks now. It’s been reasonably effective, I have lost 4 ibs despite eating my usual ‘shed loads of food’ on the non fast days. This is good, and now I’m only 4...
View ArticleSoft Play, Or Every Parents Least Favourite Place To Go
It’s half term and today was wet and windy. Having spent yesterday lounging around, watching TV and having a slummy mummy day I knew I would need to get the children out of the house today. Wet weather...
View ArticleSky – Believe In Better?
What I’m about to write about is not a disaster, it might even seem trivial. The reason I want to share it with you is that it feels unjust. I hate injustice and for some reason the principle of this...
View ArticleGood Mum, Bad Mum Days
I spent Saturday at a blogging conference. During the sessions an common piece of advice was that a successful blog needs a clearly defined niche. As I chatted to a friend afterwards she suggested...
View ArticleFeeding Fussy Eaters
I was reading a news article which revealed how disconnected our children have become from food. Apparently a third of all UK primary children think that cheese is made from plants! The article goes on...
View ArticleChildren And Funerals
The Purple family have lost a very dear family member very recently. Purpledad’s beloved Father has passed away. The funeral has been arranged for this Friday and we are left with the question of...
View ArticleWonder Girl Takes Over My World
Three children in and I thought I had age two mastered. I foolishly imagined I had age two strategies all prepared and at the first sign of trouble I would go into well experienced Mum mode and my...
View ArticleParental Guilt
The moment I peed on the most important stick I have ever peed on (and yes I have peed on other sticks, I’m weird like that) was the very last moment in which I was my only concern. I took … Continue...
View ArticleThe Nit Wars
As usual this morning I woke up and spent a moment checking my twitter feed. I tweeted “The sun is shining and life is good”. So I suppose you could say that I asked for what happened next. That I …...
View Article
