Bedtime stories
It’s amazing how skilled they are at not going to bed isn’t it?. Last night for instance, when Hedgehog practically fell face down into...


Boys and Girls
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, right?. It reminds me of that Blur song: “Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who...


Toddler care - the low maintenance method
Mole and Hedgehog are not going to sleep tonight. They are up and down the stairs like a pair of yoyos. This happens about 3 nights out...


Bogeys, Holidays and Umbrellas
Me: “Mole, please take your finger out of your nose”. Mole: “But I’m trying to get my bogey out”. Me: “Leave the bogey alone, it will...


Ants and Snails
Mole and Hedgehog LOVE animals. Fury ones, scaly ones, feathered ones, it doesn’t matter. It is the only other thing besides my phone or...


Things of late
Hedgehog: “Read it mummy. Read it mummy. Read it, read it, read it, READ IT!”. Me: “Okay, I just need to put your sister’s jumper on...


The nocturnal week
“Sleep is for wimps”, this is what Hedgehog would say if she could talk more. As you can tell, its been a particularly bad week for sleep...


Poor, boring and happy
Am I alone in thinking that having babies spells financial suicide? It’s not the extra clothes / food / toys / tickets for them so much...


Preschool and playdoh
Mole started preschool last month. Two mornings a week of blissful quiet in the house, with only the sound of Hedgehog toddling around...


Leaving the house
Anyone with toddlers or babies will know that leaving the house is virtually impossible. Last week, Mole won an award for causing the...





