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A winter's walk in France
We spent Christmas at my mother's in the midi-Pyrennes in France. A day or so after Christmas we took the kids out for a walk along an old railway line. It was a fabulously sunny afternoon. Gradually the layers of coats and jumpers were peeled off and shoved into the …
Our Awesome Cardboard Box Castle
It's one of those rainy, dull days and the kids are listlessly not playing with their billions of toys. They want new toys. Something different, something new. I sense a perfect opportunity to combine being creative, recycling and getting new toys. Let's make our new toys!
Inspired by our large …
Dante's Reward Chart
I may have mentioned before that I think being 3 is a particularly challenging age. You're a big boy now, at least compared to your baby brother and sister. But not really old enough to be left on your own anywhere near anything remotely dangerous for more than a millisecond. …
Making baby toys
My New Year's Resolution is to do more craft activities with the children. It's not that we don't do them now, but I have to confess to being rather lazy and not getting things sorted out. We normally have unfinished aeroplanes that languish around the patio for weeks on end …
Making play snow
Living in Spain we're not expecting to see real snow this winter. For that I'm grateful as I'm not really a big snow fan. The idea is great, the reality is cold. I'm more of a snow admirer. But I did feel the kids were missing out on snowman building …
Living in a country where …
I have to confess we moved to Catalunya on a bit of a whim. It wasn't that it wasn't planned but it wasn't exactly well researched. That is to say, I didn't realise that people actually spoke catalan here. (Having come from the south of Wales, I thought it would …
Exploring the derelict building site
It's a warm autumn day, which makes a pleasant change from the recent wind and rain. I set out with the babies to walk around the derelict building site that is just behind the local school. There are lots of unfinished buildings round here, but this site is on a …
Feeding Toddlers.
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