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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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Life, the universe etc

in which I ponder and worry about life’s big questions… unabashed navel-gazing

#one week: Autumn ~ Roasted chestnuts

November 12, 2012 by bibsey mama 10 Comments

This week on the blog we will mostly be celebrating autumn, my favourite time of the year, with the seasonally very well adjusted Older Mum in a Muddle. As I am not firing on all cylinders at the mo (here’s why) my contributions will likely be more visual than verbal. Here is a peek at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Expat files, Family, Life, the universe etc Tagged: #oneweek, Alpujarras, Autumn, chestuts, spain

Pins and needles

November 9, 2012 by bibsey mama 19 Comments

Soooo, the elbow thing turned out to be a little more serious than first thought… the thing was in fact broken. And of course it is my right arm. Since we last spoke I have been over night in hospital and under the knife of a rather nice surgeon who put my arm back together … [Read more…]

Posted in: Body, Life, the universe etc, Spain Tagged: brachial plexus blockade, elbow, fracture, hospital, Motril Hospital

Ever decreasing circles of glamour

October 26, 2012 by bibsey mama 7 Comments

I won’t lie to you. Life has been less than glamorous of late. On my recent visit to the UK I found myself alone and in the Tesco coffee shop actually undoing my top button and zip before embarking on an enormous scone with clotted cream and jam. The scone wasn’t even that great, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arse posts, Body, Expat files, Life, the universe etc Tagged: anti-glamour, cava, jeans shopping, magic moments, Perry Como, Ryanair, scones, supermodels, Tesco

Top 5 truths according to me… a woman

September 19, 2012 by bibsey mama 25 Comments

Kate over at KateTakes5 has set a brilliant Listography challenge this week. She wants our top five truths about the world as we know it. 1. That loo rolls become invisible to the naked male eye once they get down to the last few sheets, along with the last of the marmite, the tomato ketchup, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Domestic Wannabe, Family, Life, the universe etc, Motherhood Tagged: bananas, cooking, listography, loo roll, motherhood, truths

#OneWeek: Summer ~ Pennies dropping everywhere

September 13, 2012 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

As I may have mentioned a couple of times before, summer is a long affair here in Southern Spain. Children’s activities like playgroup and baby yoga broke up for summer long ago with the schools. And now, as the heat subsides, the schools open, and things start to get back into a less soporific groove, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, the universe etc, Toddler Tagged: #oneweek, lego, summer
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