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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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They didn’t call me Ropey for nothing

June 2, 2012 by bibsey mama 2 Comments

In my last post I shared a poo story about my little girl that I suspect she may not thank me for some day down the line. So I thought it only fair to share one of my own and then at least I can say that we are even. In my last ‘salaried’ job … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arse posts, Life, the universe etc Tagged: bum, humiliation, office, poo

That’s my little girl in the wendy house

May 28, 2012 by bibsey mama 16 Comments

We went to a barbeque yesterday. It was the birthday party of my friend who lives very much en campo in a beautiful little cortijo up in the hills at the end of a long and very bumpy track. She and her husband lovingly built up the house themselves from a ruin. It has amazing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arse posts, Toddler Tagged: Arsefoolery, barbeque, poo, wendy house

Can blog, will blog and other news from the coalface of motherhood

May 25, 2012 by bibsey mama 3 Comments

… ad infinitum et ad nauseum . Mwah ha ha ahha ha ha. That’s my evil laugh for those unfamiliar. After a brief dalliance with html code and uploading images to an ftp site, I am back in da house and online.  Yay! Let everyone cheer like they do when Princess Polly uses her potty … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Blogging, Toddler Tagged: call centre, Mr B, poo, potty training, wee wee, WordPress

Terrible things I have done to my baby Part I

February 1, 2011 by bibsey mama Leave a Comment

Please let me not be the only one who has done terrible things to her baby. Here is the beginning of a long list of utterly dreadful things that I have inflicted on my child out of shear desperation, confusion and sleep deprivation… #1. Forcing a dummy (something that she has never abided) into her mouth … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby, Motherhood, Occasional confessional Tagged: baby spew, nappies, poo, Totally Smitten Daddy

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