I've been doing a lot of thinking about this blog since I returned from last week's BlogCamp. May will be the four year anniversary for Being Mrs C and in that time my life, and this blog, have changed a huge amount. In May 2008 I had not long since returned from a fantastic month long honeymoon in which I travelled the world and had the perfect opportunity to think about what was important in life. I was still working, but if I'm honest I wasn't really enjoying what I was doing. A year or two before I had discovered online discussion forums full of like minded ... read more
Archives for April 2012
Mrs C went to BlogCamp
After telling you that Mrs C was going to BlogCamp I guess it would only be polite for me to tell you how I got on there. I will warn you now that I make no apologies for this post entering into the technical SEO territory as for me that was one of the highlights of the trip! Yes, I know I'm a geek, but still... For those of you that have not heard of BlogCamp then let me tell you that if you're a blogger here in the UK then you should make it your business to know about BlogCamp and get yourself on their mailing list so that you can attend a future one. Run by the lovely ... read more
Upsy Daisy’s Skirt
Whilst she doesn't watch it all that often, it's fair to say that Little Miss C is quite a fan of In The Night Garden and loves the characters in it. We are often asked to drawn Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy for her and she loves dancing like Upsy Daisy whenever she can. The only ITNG toys that she has are small ones that have been free on the cover of the show's magazine so she was thrilled therefore when my parents were given an Upsy Daisy plush toy for her by some of their friends. Now this Upsy Daisy had sadly lost her skirt at some point in the past and LMC was very quick to point ... read more
Win a VTech Baby Sing and Soothe Mobile from Cuthberts Toys
Any parent will tell you that having something for your baby to look at in their cot and that plays nice soothing music to them to calm them down and help them get to sleep can be a godsend. Having something that also acts as a nightlight is even better! The VTech Sing and Soothe Mobile has all this and more. Not only do the leaves spin round with the small plush animals hanging off it doing so too, but there are different play modes which give you so much music choice that there is no way that you will become bored of this one too soon. (The one song that my daughter's musical bunny plays ... read more
Slow Cooker Beef Adobo
The longer I have my slow cooker the more adventurous I'm getting in what I cook in it. This week's special was beef adobo. Now, if you are like me, you may well not even know what adobo is. Let me enlighten you: : a Philippine dish of fish or meat usually marinated in a sauce containing vinegar and garlic, browned in fat, and simmered in the marinade (according to Merriam Webster) Other online dictionaries suggest that the dish may be Spanish and some also say that the meat (or fish) is cooked from raw in the marinade. Things differ in this recipe as you don't ... read more
seven days
A weekly photograph capturing one of the magic moments of the last seven days. ... read more
Little Men – Louise M Alcott
It's rare that I look forward to a book as much as I did Little Men. It's also the case that I'm rarely as disappointed and frustrated with a book as I was with LIttle Men. After reading, and thoroughly enjoying, Little Women and Good Wives I went to quite a bit of effort to track down copies of LIttle Men Jo's Boys and I'm not yet sure it was worth the effort. Little Men is set at Plumfield, the school and home for boys that Jo has set up with her new husband, and follows many of the boys (and a couple of girls) that are in their care through ... read more
The things they say
As Little Miss C develops one of the things which I marvel about most is her speech and understanding. She's always been quite vocal, but since she turned one words just started tumbling out of her. At first we just had random objects being named in isolation, but more recently phrases and sentences have been formed and it's fascinating to see how her understanding and imagination are driving this. A lot of the language she knows has been driven by books. We read loads with her; first thing in a morning, just before bed and at several other points throughout the day. That means she ... read more
The Worst Princess – Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie
It seems that Little Miss C is very much following in my footsteps and becoming a complete book addict. The last things she asks for at night is books and first thing in a morning she wants "stories" before anything else. Trying to keep up with her is proving somewhat challenging and I have to admit that some books really test your patience when you have to read them over and over again. One of our last trips to the library resulted in fines that were so large that it would have been chaper to buy the books new! I was delighted therefore when the postman delivered a copy of The ... read more
Changing nappies – Little Miss C style
It's strange - before Little Miss C came into our lives I hadn't changed a nappy before. Now, 22 months later, I'm a bit of an expert with thousands of nappy changes under my belt. That doesn't mean it gets any easier though and we're just in one of those phases at the moment when LMC doesn't really want her nappy changed, mainly because that stops her from doing something more interesting for a few minutes. Tantrums start as soon as we try and get her anywhere near her changing mat and it's becoming a bit stressful for all concerned. We've been here ... read more