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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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On motherhood
All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups...
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The tyranny of the vocabulary

March 13, 2012 by bibsey mama 9 Comments

As much as it is a joy witnessing your child learning to speak, and it is a joy, it comes at a price. The joy, it seems, is not entirely unmitigated. Joy and yikes! come in almost equal measure in fact. In particular there has been much joy at the occasional use of ‘please’ and ‘yanks’ … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, the universe etc, Motherhood, Toddler Tagged: Bibsey, food, Parenthood, talking

Saturday Caption ~ Cookie Monster

February 18, 2012 by bibsey mama 13 Comments

It’s Saturday, so let’s play Saturday Caption… actually it is not going to take a genius (no offence) to work out what’s going on in the picture below. I also feel bound to point out that these are home-made chocolate chip cookies. Yet more photographic evidence of my steady decline into the ranks of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Domestic Wannabe Tagged: food, Saturday Caption

The food issue

February 16, 2012 by bibsey mama 7 Comments

Recently I was very pleased to be asked to write a guest post by the talented Truffle of Cinnamon & Truffle* – the transatlantic food blog of choice at Bibsey Towers – who I would like to thank very much for having me on their blog. If you fancy a tale about food and childhood you can … [Read more…]

Posted in: Domestic Wannabe, Guest post, Motherhood Tagged: food, Italy, pizza

Silent Sunday

February 5, 2012 by bibsey mama 8 Comments

    #SilentSunday  

Posted in: Spain Tagged: beach, food, Silent Sunday

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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