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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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Apropos of nada

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Moo, noh, cah, sh*t

October 28, 2011 by bibsey mama 9 Comments

These days the new words falling from Bibsey’s lips are coming thick and fast. This week we had our first three-word sentence: “It’s a ball!” I love it! Mostly though it is the one-word statements that prevail like: moon, nose (this is an obsession at the moment  – everything that moves is having it’s nose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Family, Motherhood Tagged: grommits, swearing

Saturday is Caption Day

October 22, 2011 by bibsey mama 22 Comments

This is my first entry for Mammasaurus’ ‘Saturday Is Caption Day’. I have been meaning to join in with the taking-it-easy-on-a-saturday-caption-based-fun for a while now, but como siempre I am late to the party. Here’s my photo. Please think of a caption and leave it in the comments box. And now pop on over to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada Tagged: Saturday Caption

Top 5 worst jobs I’ve done

October 4, 2011 by bibsey mama 16 Comments

Ha! When I saw this week’s Listography topic over at Kate Takes 5 I knew I had to join in, if only because her ‘sh*t-jobs-I’ve-done’ list reads a bit like mine.  So here goes: 1. Banana picking, Tully River, Queensland, Australia Correction: not banana picking. Girls were not allowed to actually pick the bananas. And … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Expat files, Life, the universe etc Tagged: listography

Sunrise over Bibsey Towers

October 2, 2011 by bibsey mama 7 Comments

Just sharing… …’ cos some poor bugger has to keep an eye on the sun, right?

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Just a Quickie, Spain Tagged: flying pigs, sunrise

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
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