Pat on the Back

I thought maybe I should start this post with an apology for being a lax and disorganised blogger… …but then I remembered that I do parent two under-5′s (one of whom is cheerfully embracing every aspect of the ‘terrible twos’ cliché); and I can’t remember when I last had a full night’s sleep; and I have spent the [...]

A (slightly stressed) Mother’s Prayer

This week, motherhood has been HARD GRAFT! Toddler tantrums, sleepless nights, non-stop-noise, Mummy tantrums, bad moods all round… and repeat…and repeat. You get the picture!  When I read this prayer, then, I knew I needed to pray it: O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of [...]

A Wonky View

After a couple of weeks of restraint, I finally succumbed to temptation and…cut Sweetiepie’s hair! What do you think? No more the straggly mullet, now she’s blessed with a cute almost-bob (and she does like it, despite the evidence of this photo…and we do brush it, despite the evidence of this photo…and it doesn’t always [...]

Yackety Yak

I have been amazed by how, in just the space of a few short weeks, Sweetipie’s speech has progressed from “Mumma, NO”…to “Mumma, biscuit, me, pleeeease, now! No? NO, Daddy home now!” Not only has her increased vocab made my life easier, but it has raised her happiness level to sunny new heights. No more [...]

A Sucky day Saved by Santas

Sweetmumma has not had a good day. Here, in no particular order, is a list of today’s woes… Sweetiepie ripping the pages from my shiny, hardback library book – “That’ll be £19.99, please, Madam” Pushing Sweetie/pulling Peanut up a steep hill covered in a layer of ice – “Peanut, will you stop grabbing my legs [...]

Shoutymumma

Look out world, Sweetmumma has an Evil Twin… Shoutymumma!   Today, weakened by her own personal kryptonite, Lack-Of-Sleep, Sweetmumma couldn’t keep her nemesis at bay and Shoutymumma took control of the Sweethouse.  The Sweetkids couldn’t believe their eyes as this new Mutant Mumma rampaged through the living room, snapping at anyone who ‘made-a-mess’ or couldn’t ‘sort-it-out-yourself’, spreading [...]

Smashing Pumpkins!

I just love this time of year – the autumnal colours, rediscovering the joy of a favourite cosy jumper, hot&spicy soup for lunch, endless mugs of hot chocolate… …and The Sweetfamily Pumpkin Ceremony which is centred around the fantastically fantastic ‘Pumpkin Patch Parable’ by Liz Curtis Higgs. The Pumpkin Patch Parable [Disclaimer: I in no [...]

Straight To The Heart

This morning, after covering PeanutM&M’s sweetcheeks with kisses, I watched with distress as he Wiped Them All Away with his hand… How Rude, I thought, rejecting my smackers in the manner of a grumpy teen. And How Sad that just a few blinks ago, he’d crawl to me, stretch up his pudgy arms and positively [...]

September Round Up – Final Installment: The Signing-Off!

And so to the final chapter in our Sweet September… BIG NEWS IN THE SWEETHOUSE: Sweetiepie was (finally) signed off of all medical care! WOOHOO! It feel like it’s been  long old road to get to this place, but the girl’s done good! Thanks to all of you who’ve prayed for her & followed her [...]

Jesus walked on Oobleck?

Today Peanut & I made Oobleck. For those not acquainted with the substance, oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid whose flow properties are not described by a single constant value of viscosity…big gooey slime that’s solid and liquid all at the same time! It’s mad. It makes a mess. Small children (and their Sweetmumma’s) love it! [...]