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Now she is Five
… nearly six actually. Now that she is five she is at school from 9am until 4pm everyday. She has had her first solo playdate in the pueblo with a boy from school. She tells me that they fight “but not hitting”. OK, great. They mostly play Barbies.
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Glamp Lamp
Looks gorgeous, right? Butter wouldn’t melt? Wrong. She has just handed me the biggest bogie ever to have graced this house, wearing exactly this expression. Stay alert, people. And beware 5 year olds bearing gifts.
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Bella Vista
The view from Bibsey Towers
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On motherhood
All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups...
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Month: September 2011

Learning the lingo

September 29, 2011 by bibsey mama 10 Comments

I was really pleased when I saw this writing prompt from Spanish expat in Holland, and trilingual blogger of Tales from Windmill Fields, and thought that it would be a great opportunity to join in with the  Xpat Blog Hop. This week expat bloggers are writing about: Lingo. Mr B and I decided to leave … [Read more…]

Posted in: Expat files, Life, the universe etc, Spain Tagged: language, spanish, Xpat blog hop

You know you are a mummy when…

September 25, 2011 by bibsey mama 16 Comments

Whether it’s a slow dawning realisation or a jaw-clanging bombshell, from the moment they are out of the womb, you know we are all headed in the same direction: Mummydom. Clothes covered in baby spew/snot/cherry tomato pips/dried yogurt etc ~ yup. No room in the handbag for makeup ~ check. What’s makeup again? ~ thing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blogging, Life, the universe etc, Motherhood Tagged: Bobbins

100 words can help Save the Children

September 24, 2011 by bibsey mama 2 Comments

  Save the Children is running a campaign to increase the number of Health Workers in poorer parts of the world in order to prevent the needless deaths of the many children who die every day from preventable illnesses. The blogging community is contributing to that campaign by helping to raise awareness and gather more … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blogging, Life, the universe etc Tagged: Save the Children

Breakfast at Bibsey’s

September 20, 2011 by bibsey mama Leave a Comment

Mmmm. Sunday is the morning that I get to lie in. Mr B and Bibsey have breakfast together. On a good Sunday this might give me two whole hours of extra sleep. The good kind. The kind of sleep that you know is not going to be disturbed by the baby waking because she is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Occasional confessional, Sleep Tagged: Bibsey, Breakfast Club, Mr B

Further journies in domesticity

September 13, 2011 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

So, the last time I wrote about my adventures in the kitchen it was spring. I must have been trying to impress you. I still am. Hence the following rather mundane blog about my CAKES. I have made cakes. Two cakes in less than a week. Chocolate (Mr B’s Birthday cake with chocolate icing) then … [Read more…]

Posted in: Domestic Wannabe, Life, the universe etc, Spain Tagged: cake, food, house work
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