Tales of the unexpected with The Boy, my pride and joy.
This morning Mr. TBaM was playing Letterpress on his phone when The Boy leant over his shoulder and read out 'MAT'. Surprised, Mr. TBaM typed a few more words along these lines (simple CVC words) and The Boy sounded them all out and read them. All of a sudden, it was like the tools for reading we're just there and understood.
We're amazed. And proud. Very proud.
I've been a bit ill these past few weeks and my photography is lacking in imagination as a result. Hey-ho, we all have these weeks.
You know the drill, join in with your favourite photograph of the week and show some comment love to everyone else in the community.
The three cheeky monkeys playing on the Wonderbook.
A cuddle from this little munchkin earlier,after getting back from my tooth extraction, made everything feel a lot better.
"Did Jenny, Burton and Jenson make this Battenburg cake mummy?"
Every year since The Boy was born, we buy him his own special Christmas decoration (to help build up a collection for first adult Christmas tree) and write the year on the bottom of it. I always aim to buy traditional style decorations that have a story to them and he's fascinated by them. This year he's old enough to start making his own decorations and I can't wait to see our Christmas tree filled with his home-made decorations in the future.
You'll need:
Holly wreath decoration:
Button wreath decoration:
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'Counting Down To Christmas' is a craft bloggers link-up held each week in the eight weeks preceeding the big day itself. Each week we will be posting a different Christmas craft activity.
Rainy Day Mum ~ Mummy Mummy Mum! ~ Life at the Zoo ~ The Fairy and The Frog~ Jennifer’s Little World ~ Making Boys Men ~ Mama Pea Pod
Since The Boy was born, we've used Ecover laundry liquid and conditioner, dishwasher tablets and washing-up liquid. I spent a long time growing and perfecting my son, I'm loathe to taint his precious being with contaminants. Plus we all have sensitive skin, and the Ecover laundry liquid is the only one that doesn't cause us to break out into rashes or eczema.
Ecover have launched a new range of cleaning products called Zero. Quite simply, they have zero fragrances in them! For those folks who have even more sensitive skin than us, this is perfect as it can help to reduce allergic symptoms. The Zero fragrance-free cleaning products range includes Laundry Liquid, Washing Powder, Fabric Conditioner and Washing Up Liquid; all dermatologically tested.
We were sent some of the Zero non-bio laundry liquid to use and it is fantastic! Fragrance-free and made of gentle plant-based and mineral ingredients, it cleans as well as any other leading detergent. We were also sent some of their multi-action wipes which have an ecological antibacterial agent in them. And very useful they are too with my mucky pup…
I was sent these products for the purpose of this post, my opinions are honest and unbiased.
This past eleven days for me have been rotten with this food poisoning, and in the last day or so I've really dropped down into the doldrums, especially as it is so cold and grey. I hate being ill (who would honestly say that the like it?!) and I hate not being able to eat comfort food when I'm poorly. I am desperate for a coffee and a mars bar, next week perhaps.
However, Saturday was a beautiful Autumn day and after an incredibly lazy morning, we togged ourselves up into fleeces, scarves, gloves and a bobble hat for The Boy and nipped over to Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan. Aside from the stunning stately home there, it has amazing Grade I listed gardens divided into secret 'rooms' with extravagant designs, bizarrely placed follies and temples, vegetable gardens and a greenhouse, and an amazing arboreteum.
Dyffryn Gardens is great fun to explore at different times of year, especially Spring and Autumn, but not too often at £7.00 a head! It also unfortunately doesn't allow children to take in scooters which is a huge shame. Apparently a few elderly people complained so everyone has to miss out.
Luckily, The Boy was more than happy to go exploring and we let him lead the way through into new and ever more exciting secret gardens.
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