But she is still a baybee…

This afternoon The Yorkshireman peeled me from my sick bed and took me off to cough at a primary school open day.  This particular school was our automatic first choice for Little’un as it is both geographically and philosophically closest to us and also has an excellent reputation locally.  It is a small school with a [...]

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The things they say… #5

Whilst we were quietly sitting in the quiet waiting room at the Eye Clinic today, Little’un spotted a man with a beard and an eye patch…
Little’un (at top volume):  OOOOooooohhhhh, Mummy, look, there’s a PIRATE over there!!!
Cue muffled giggles from me and hearty laughter from the Nice Ladies sitting opposite us.
The pirate man in question [...]

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Accommodative Esotropia (a squint to you and me)

Little’un has recently developed a pronounced squint so today we have been to see the Orthoptist and Opthalmologist to get it looked at.  Turns out she is long sighted so she now needs to wear glasses.  Any tips on getting a three-year-old to keep her glasses on/not break them/not use them as a toy will [...]

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Getting Rid of the Dummy

Little’un seems so grown up in so many ways these days but one area in which she was still very much a baby was, until very recently, her attachment to her dummies (soothers).  She had a vast and varied collection but of course the pink ones were her favourites and were by far the most manky.  [...]

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Halloween

Just because one is feeling witchy doesn’t mean that one can’t keep up one’s obsession with all things pink… No trick or treating for Little’un yet, she is still too young, but she had a Halloween Party to go to so an outfit was still required.   We had great fun drawing spiders all over her [...]

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I am poorly sick. Again. Meh.

I hate being ill.  I am bored senseless but as soon as I try to do anything more strenuous than reach for a cup of tea I double over, coughing and wheezing, into a wobbly mass on the floor.  It ain’t pretty, I tell ya.
I have resorted to typing the name of everyone I have [...]

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