kids do silly things

JOIN THE DOTS
Me, to Big Sis: Have you been colouring in your sister with felt-tip pens?Big Sis, to me: Nope.So sorry. My mistake…
- December 13, 2012
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LITTLE NAPS, AND KNITTED CAPS
• LIKE ME? VOTE FOR ME BY CLICKING THE PINK BUTTON ON THE RIGHT! Dear Youngest Child, I totally get that you’re two years old, and…
- November 6, 2012
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AND THEN THE GROUND OPENED UP…
Walking into our local cafe, there were two well-dressed women in the window seat where the girls and I usually sat. Lil Sis marched right up…
- October 19, 2012
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SCREAMING, DREAMING & DROOLING
Tantrums aren’t just loud, and slightly embarrassing when carried out in public; turns out they’re exhausting too.There was Lil Sis, throwing a doozy in the…
- October 14, 2012
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SIMPLE PLEASURES
- September 30, 2012
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DISAPPEARING ACT (hide and seek toddler-style)
I can’t find Lil Sis. It’s as if she’s disappeared into thin air. Can anyone see her??
- September 8, 2012
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SQUISHED-UP SIBLINGS
I love the fact that, even though we have a huge five-seater sofa, the Monkeys choose to squish together at one end – so close…
- August 27, 2012
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GRASSY GIGGLES
Apparently, mowing the lawn is exciting. Very, very exciting!
- August 10, 2012
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WHEN YOU’RE SMILING…
I was trying to get a nice pic of Big Sis in the daisy chain headband we’d made. ‘Smile!’ I asked her. ‘Okaaaay… stop smiling,’…
- August 1, 2012
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SPECIAL DELIVERY
Isn’t it remarkable what you can get delivered right to your door these days?
- July 19, 2012
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I SHOULDN’T LAUGH…
- June 21, 2012
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FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
I knew I was tempting fate, taking Todzilla and Bubs with me to my Osteopath appointment today. But I’m an eternal optimist, and felt sure…
- November 2, 2010
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INTRODUCING… THE CAT’S BUM!
This is Lucia’s newest facial expression. The ‘Cat’s Bum’, as I have nicknamed it, is a multi-purpose facial contortion used to convey many different emotions: shock (when…
- February 16, 2010
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I’VE CREATED A KISS MONSTER!!
I posted a few weeks ago about teaching Big Sis how to give proper kisses. I’d been training her for months, like an Olympic athlete, and…
- January 24, 2010
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About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ freelance journalist & lifestyle blogger.
I’ve been a magazine features writer for over 20 years, and in 2009 became one of the UK’s original ‘Mummy Bloggers’.
I’m proud mum to two funny & spirited girls; born summer 2008 and autumn 2010, and we all live just outside London with OH and our youngest baby – a miniature dachshund, named Frankie.








