I Surrender…All? Really?

I recently bought myself this book: A little treatsky pour moi! I love hymns and old choruses – especially the classics – and I’m really fascinated by the stories behind them. So many have interesting and inspirational origins, I guess one of the reasons they endure is because they are infused with the passion and [...]

Let it snow, let it snow, love the snow…

 On Sunday at our Sweetchurch we sang my most-favouritest-ever hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness. An oldy but a goody!   Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. I don’t know what it is about the [...]

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 [...]

Brought to you by Wallace & Gromit!

 Sweetmumma is good at many things: making stuff out of junk, cooking a mean toad-in-the-hole, writing stories in which PeanutM&M is the star, eating large quantities of cake etc etc… Ah, when will I learn? Since we came back from holiday, life has been more than usually hectic. Partly circumstances. Partly organisation. The only reason [...]

September Round Up # 2: The Birthday

Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday he was just a babe-in-arms… and all those other kids-birthday related cliches! Yep, PeanutM&M turned FOUR! Cue much celebration, even more cake, far too many gifts that play tunes/make noises and a shiny new big-boy-bike. This little man is my joy… ….but I should probably take [...]

Interview with a Peanut

Today I have lacked inspiration and motivation– never a good combination. So, in a moment of madness I thought I’d ask PeanutM&M to help me with my Playpen Post. Funnily enough, the small-boy-with-the-colossal-confidence seemed pretty keen to have his ideas put down in print (he even chose the accompanying photo). Now, Peanut’s ‘method’ is somewhat [...]

The Week That Is…#4

After a day squirreling away in the Sweetchurch office yesterday, followed by an evening watching weird, retro kids TV with my Sweetlife Group; I’m back with my record of the birthday week to end all birthday weeks… X

Happy Blogiversary to ME!

It’s my First Blogiversary! Look at my little Playpen…all grown up! Yes, exactly one year ago today my blog-baby was born. And what a joy it’s been to its Sweetmumma… From the sublime: to the ridiculous:  through the challenging:  and the miraculous: taking in the weird:  and wonderful: it has been a pleasure to share  [...]

Swan Song

Today we went to one of my favourite Sweetspots: It’s not very big and no national treasure – really just a short stretch of river bank, a few bobbing boats and a decent pub. But it’s made spectacular by these beautiful big-boys: Aren’t they fabulous? And tame. And greedy. They just love to be fed, [...]

The Luddite is Learning

This week, Sweet(Luddite)mumma finally discovered how to transport (technical term?) photos from mobile phone to computer. About time, I hear you cry! Not exactly rocket science, I know, but I must admit to an unreasonable degree of pride in my new-found technical skill. And no small measure of relief that I didn’t wipe the pics [...]