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Empty Nest Mummy Answering the Big Questions: Why does rain fall? A grown-up might look up at the sky, see big heavy clouds building up, anticipate a rainfall and scowl. Then run to bring in the washing and cancel yet another BBQ. But a kid? A kid will look up at the sky, see big heavy […]
Empty Nest Mummy Now, it has to be said that I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, but I do love making fun crafts and doing baking with the kids. And I love pink. So Valentine’s Day only really makes it to our house at all in the form of crafts and baking with […]
Empty Nest Mummy With a cold howling wind blowing, a bit of a hangover and Northern Dad away carousing with his mates for the weekend, it was time for some quiet indoor crafts this weekend. As regular readers will know, we have done playdough a lot in the last cold, wet and windy weeks, and […]
Empty Nest Mummy We are big fans of playdough in our house. Huge fans, in fact. Littlest Angel in particular got into playdough really early on, and it’s been her go-to Quiet-Play activity of choice for ages. For more than 3 years, she has been rolling it, squishing it and creating with it. And, when […]
Empty Nest Mummy I woke up this morning, with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt (ooh, this sounds like the beginning of a Johnny Cash song). Actually, my head, my neck, my throat, the whole of my almost middle-aged body was aching. At this stage, I have to hold my hands up […]