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  • Awkward

    Have you ever watched TOWIE? Amy, the pneumatic beautician has a wonderful habit of uttering the single word ‘awk-ward’ to sum up difficult situations. I love her even though I know I shouldn’t. Awkward sums it up very nicely indeed for me right now. I’ve been reading Zalamanda’s excellent blog about explaining Parkinson’s to young…

  • What am I like?

    Stitchy Towers has been a little subdued recently due to a preponderance of ‘going to Heaven parties’. That, together with a discussion last night at knitting club on why people blog got me thinking. The cogs creaked into action as follows. Why blog? To have a diary. Who for? Me, yes. My boys? yes I…

  • Kindness

    Toddlerdom is tough. For everyone. For every gurgle of joy there’s the chance of a massive strop. And that’s just me. Gosh Little One has a heck of a temper! Today was testing shall we say. Elder put it beautifully when he told me tonight that “H interrupts me being kind” – I’m lucky I’ve…

  • Scary!

    All this talk of Halloween (partyspanner’s fab blog in particular) made me reminisce about Elders party when he was 3. I found some pics on my phone – here are some of them. I made ‘mummy dogs’ from frankfurters and pastry strips with mustard dots for eyes. And a jelly cat sitting in wormy green…

  • Baby steps

    This week is about baby steps on a number of levels. Little One is now a ‘proper’ toddler – do you like his shoes?! I love seeing them all laid out! He’s so pleased with himself! And I’m progressing too. I already talked about light at the end of the tunnel here. Add to that me…