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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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Elevenses Part I

March 28, 2012 by bibsey mama 8 Comments

A Monster 11 Questions Meme was doing the rounds a while back and there were a number of severe cases of multiple tagging reported in blogland. The danger seemed to have passed but, just when you thought it was safe to get back in the surf, I bob up with my contribution. I was tagged for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Arse posts Tagged: Black Beauty, bum, cava, Henry VIII, india, monster meme

Cool España – 7 reasons why I live in Andalucía

May 13, 2011 by bibsey mama 25 Comments

What a fab opportunity to crow about how lovely it is here in Southern Spain. Not just gratuitous boasting but invited and encouraged smuggery. Thanks as ever to Ella at Notes From Home for the Friday Club Carnival. The theme this week: Why do you live where you live?. We moved from London to Spain … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Expat files, Spain Tagged: baby, cava, Friday Club, spain, walking

Simple pleasures

May 3, 2011 by bibsey mama 13 Comments

I simply couldn’t resist this week’s listography challenge from Kate Takes 5. Here are my simple pleasures. 1. Kicking oranges along the path when we go for a walk. Mr B and I call the game Naranja del día or Orange de jour. The idea is to get an orange all the way round the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Life, the universe etc Tagged: Bibsey, cava, listography, MacBook, Mr B, sleep

Five things I want my daughter to know

February 25, 2011 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

And this would be my first contribution to Friday Club … These are the five things that I want my daughter to know: 1. That I spent the fifteen years, más o menos, before you were born having a big old party and I don’t regret about 99% of it. In fact, having a big … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Blogging, Life, the universe etc Tagged: cava, Friday Club, kegels, love

What Mummy just needs…

February 3, 2011 by bibsey mama Leave a Comment

Ever since we brought the baby home from the hospital I don’t seem to have stopped uttering the phrase ‘I just need to…’ or, more recently, ‘Mummy just needs to…’. Needs to what? What is it that Mummy ‘just’ needs to do? Well, take your pick: Mummy just needs to: do the washing up, put … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby, Breast feeding Tagged: baby, breastfeeding, cava, house work, sleep, Totally Smitten Daddy
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