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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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A-Z of Blogging

Odd socks

April 17, 2012 by bibsey mama 10 Comments

O is for odd socks. Here’s one for the anals of category Apropos of Absolutely Nada. It is very much apparent within these pages that I am no domestic goddess. You don’t have to look far to find me struggling with domesticity, cutting corners with baby wipes and generally peeing on the laminate. There is … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Apropos of nada, Domestic Wannabe Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, socks

Lazy

April 13, 2012 by bibsey mama 13 Comments

L is for lazy. I may have spoken about my lazy streak before here and there. And today I find that in my alphabetic desperation it is time to invoke my inner slattern once more. If given the chance, left to my own devices, I would lie in bed, not get dressed, just eat cereal out of … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Apropos of nada, Domestic Wannabe, Occasional confessional Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, cava, lazy

An inspiration

April 10, 2012 by bibsey mama 6 Comments

I is for inspiration. I was lucky enough to have both my grandparents, on my dad’s side, in my life until quite recently. Both were clever, creative and inspiring people. My granny lived into her ripe old nineties and died only a few years ago after a stroke. My grandfather died the same year. She … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Family Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, grandparents

Happiness

April 9, 2012 by bibsey mama 6 Comments

H is for Happiness. And so I am embarking of week two of the April 2012 Blogging from A-Z challenge with the word happiness as my prompt. I have taken my inspiration from the Happiness project over at Kate Takes 5. She asked the question: what makes your children happy?  to which it seems that the answer … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Family, Life, the universe etc Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, spain

ARSES!

April 1, 2012 by bibsey mama 8 Comments

Arses. A is for Arse! And Arses are for April. It is a word that I suspect I will be uttering aloud rather a lot during April, because I am about to embark on something that is totally arseing mad for the month of April. I am joining the April Blogging from A-Z Challenge 2012. … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Apropos of nada, Arse posts, Blogging Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, Arsefoolery

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