Tuesday 31 August 2010

Day 2

So the little man is 5 and 2 days!! I'm loving how important it is to count days at this age. He still has little understanding of the passing of time yet counting sleeps until important events such as parties, friends coming over and even swimming lessons takes up a lot of our time! 

On that note, he's been counting sleeps until his return to school for the past week or so. Now much as I loved school I'm not sure I ever really got that far. It's clearly testament to his amazing school and his lovely little schoolmates. As parents we're bombarded with 'back to school' info from almost day 1 of the holidays but clearly for the little ones, 6 weeks feels like a lifetime and the novelty of the return to school outweighs the fact that it actually involves work...

On the subject of misperceptions, I have recently had to admit to two ongoing 'untruths'.

Firstly, I can't bake. Never have been able to, never will.  The above pic of a 'chocolate tray bake' clearly demonstrates this point. I chose the recipe as it was the easiest one I could find yet still I failed, miserably. According to my mother I don't have the 'lightness of touch' that baking requires. And apparently patience is important too, clearly not a virtue of mine. So my recommendations are a) find someone else who's willing to dedicate time, energy and love to this task or b) go back to our old friend M&S - great tray bakes, cheap and tasty and likely to help you avoid the "Mummy is this a cake or a biscuit?" question.... 


Secondly, I was slightly disappointed to discover recently that my little running route actually only gives me 200 calories worth of exercise (courtesy of http://www.walkjogrun.net/)!! I can't pretend I massively stretch myself and I am very reluctant to go that extra 1/8 of a mile, however what a disappointment and there goes my incentive! All I have to do is cut out one kitkat a day and try to limit the glasses of red wine and I'm there. Goodbye park, hello sofa... 



Monday 30 August 2010

Every cloud....

So here it is. My first blog post.
This blog 'does what it says on the tin'. I'm a Mum of two, living happily with Mr Family Man in Nappy Valley (SW London) and working 3 days a week with a brilliant PR agency.
This blog is intended to be purely personal, not in any way work related and simply about my wonderful experiences as a wife and mother of two interesting, curious, challenging, and inspiring small people.

Today's post is about our Bank Holiday weekend and some recommendations for fun, family activities. Given that I have a four day weekend every week, I'm trying to figure out why this one has felt so much longer (in a good way!). Having all four of us around for 3 out of the 4 days has been brilliant and a perfect end to the summer hols.

Much of our weekend was spent getting drenched but, as the title suggests, I won't be focusing on that. However I can thoroughly recommend the following for fun days out with little people:
- the dinosaur pitch and putt just off the A3 (photos to follow when I figure that out...)
- Kensington Gardens for brand new (birthday present) 5 year old's bike riding adventure including carousel and the Diana memorial playground (we got drenched and had to shelter under trees before we got that far...)
- tennis at Clapham Common
and having friends over for kids' supper, tea, cake and an early glass or two of champagne to celebrate a fab Bank Holiday weekend! 

Admittedly we did have all the excitement of a family birthday this weekend to provide much entertainment, from cake baking, to present opening, to ice cream desserts at Pizza Express ("with a candle on Mummy, how did they know?!!".

Anyway, short and sweet for my entry into the world of blogging. Very excited to be here and I'm looking forward to my next update, hopefully one day I might even have some followers who'll do the same!