We’ve done it! We’ve toilet trained a child or the third and final time, and that feels good! Just before Christmas, Daniel decided that he didn’t want to wear a nappy anymore. We had known from late summer that he was ready, but in our laziness kept putting the inevitable off. We just didn’t want [...]
I got a little weepy tonight as my wee 4 year old blew out the candles on his chocolate caterpillar birthday cake. In honesty, he won’t be four until tomorrow, but we had a party tonight in his granny’s so his cousins could join him. He is such a massive wee boy, he actually looks [...]
Our good friend Wooftie – on his annual visit from The States – dropped a couple of small-but-expensive presents on Rachel and Jake: Nintendo DS Lites. At the same time, Lisa’s mum gave us a PlayStation 2 and donated a boxful of old games including the highly addictive Star Wars Lego. The children instantly became [...]
We were away this weekend in Ballycastle visiting the folks up there. Saturday evening was beautiful, so we decided to go for a walk. The weather was warm, but there was a gentle breeze keeping us cool. Rachel and Jake came along on their scooters, riding a bit too fast for comfort (since I was [...]
I read an article today about world birth rates and the fact that the amount of males born is signigicantly higher than the amount of females. It made for very interesting reading, and pointed out that this skewed birth rate is causing problems in some countries (such as China) where men are beginning to find [...]
So, Rachel had her nursery graduation ceremony yesterday. Most of the grandparents came to the school to watch the little concert they’d prepared and to see the kids getting their certificates from the principal of the school. I showed up slightly late, due to my parents managing to get mixed up over timings. When I [...]
My husband will often tell people that I don’t allow him to have any money, or carry an ATM card to withdraw from our bank account. I resent this, as it makes me sound like a tyrant, while the real reason is that he is a pea -brain who loses absolutly everything! Each time he [...]
They say you can raise the perfect child, until they mix with other children. Over the last few weeks I have had some detailed insight into that topic. Over the last month or so Rachel has been playing outside almost every hour that she isn’t in nursery. She has become so sociable, and it is [...]
I love our local library. Its a fun, educational place to take the kids….and even better its free!? We got Jake his first library card when he was only two months old and Rachel was just turned two and ever since we have been regular visitors.? Our local library is very small, but the librarian [...]
I don’t like The Pill. Never have. I don’t want to pump hormones into my body, I don’t want to increase my chances of getting breast cancer, I don’t want to put on a ton of weight. For these reasons and also the fact that it can be so ineffective I have never used The [...]
