July 2010

A Few Good Links…

July 30, 2010
A Few Good Links...

Things have been some what crazy this week! I had a huge design deadline I absolutely had to make (and I did!) and then there is school stuff and various other kid stuff, and getting the baby weighed (he gained back to his birth weight and is Mr Average all round… how nice!) and taking [...]

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Repeat After Me….

July 29, 2010
Repeat After Me....

Sometimes my words come out of my children’s mouths…. and it’s rather…. disconcerting. Muski; “For goodness sake!!” “Holy Crap!!” “Actually…” Zoe; “Seriously…. no I’m really serious…” “Big buggery bollocks!” Izzy; “SHIT… I mean shoot.” Thank goodness the little one doesn’t speak! Related Posts:Find Compassion for your Child.Remembering…Remembering…

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We Play Alien Monsters?

July 28, 2010
We Play Alien Monsters?

We didn’t play yesterday…. Actually we did, it’s just that I was too busy to take any photos or blog about it. But we played today. We played and made Mr Potato Head plastic cup alien play dough monsters…. A day late, and a little short on details, but joining in Childhood101′s We Play link [...]

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How To Name Your Baby…

July 26, 2010
How To Name Your Baby...

When in doubt, the best thing to do is let the ponies decide… Take the three names you all agree on. Allocate a number to each of those names and then use the Pony Trouble game (with the popamatic bubble) and see which number comes up. To be fair, make it a best of five [...]

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The fourth child…

July 23, 2010
The fourth child...

You really know you are the fourth child when…. When your dummy first belonged to your big brother and in times of dire emergency you are expected to give it back to him for a little while! When your mother comes to check on you to make sure you are not dead because surely no [...]

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Born, Quatro’s Story.

July 22, 2010
Born, Quatro's Story.

Warning – This post is loooong. I tried to keep it short but it is a long story so I had no choice. I totally understand if you fall asleep half way through or just want to click away now, no hard feelings. In the early hours of a Saturday morning a boy was born, [...]

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Babies Love Books.

July 21, 2010
Babies Love Books.

All of the pickle kids adore books. Our kids have a good combination of book loving genes from both sides of the family, but I suspect their solid love of reading also has a lot to do with the fact that they’ve been read to from a very young age. The girls were given gifts [...]

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We Play Washing Dishes.

July 20, 2010
We Play Washing Dishes.

Sometimes I go all out and set up elaborate play spaces and activities for my kids. But some days I am all about making life easy and keeping it simple. Today was an easy, simple kind of day. When Muski asked to get out water play this afternoon, I thought for a moment about finding [...]

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