When I paused this newsletter for a two-week holiday, I'd imagined it'd be just that, two weeks off, then back home, back to recommending the best books for toddlers and back into routine. That was early August, I was still 35 then and some things have happened. We did have a…
After last week’s trip under the sea, this time I thought I’d take us off to far off climbs, especially as my social media feeds are full of holidaying…
Toddlers are a constant ball of emotions, and, as every parent will tell you, trying to persuade them to do anything they don’t want to do is a constant…
Kids love getting wet. Blake especially loves getting wet. Exhibit A… With the summer in full swing and many a happy day spent in the fountains at the…
Blake loves cats. He loves dogs too, though he’s in the kind of scared, but fascinated period when it comes to dogs. Cats though, he loves. His Grandad…
This week, I’ve just started reading to Blake’s little sister Effie, which has been wonderful and so uplifting. She won’t turn one until September, but…
I remember being read to as a child really fondly, I’m sure lots of us do, and there are some books that I remember I really liked. But books do date…
I don’t remember when Blake first clapped eyes on a dinosaur. I can’t remember if he was given a t-shirt or he picked one up at nursery, but it very…
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