Inspired by Jennie from Edspire I started off the other day by taking the children to Wickes. Now as it went this might not seem that exciting an outing for a toddler and a baby, but I was there on a mission. I've been reading about the messy place adventures that Jennie has with her twins in their tuff spot and realised that this would be perfect for Little Miss C. If you're not familiar with them a tuff spot is simply a large octagonal plastic tray that you can put on the floor to provide a playing surface for small children. They were originally sold as mixing trays for ... read more
Archives for April 2013
Sponsored Post: Planning a space for Master C
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. When we bought this house three and a half years ago there were just two of us and we couldn't quite believe that we had so much space. Our furniture didn't really fill the space that we had. Fast forward to today and there are now four of us living here and we've already extended up into the loft to give us a new master bedroom. Little Miss C has outgrown and moved out of the box room that the estate agent sold to us as a nursery and Master C is currently in there. At six months old he's already starting to need a bit more space. The room ... read more
Ladybird Tuesday: We like to help
In the months that I've now been running Ladybird Tuesday here on Being Mrs C I've not touched much on the huge number of learning to read books that they published. The Keywords reading scheme (series 641) was vast and many, many children remember learning to read with these "Peter and Jane" books. I've not as yet tried to list all the books from the series that I have in my index, mainly because I have so many, but also as I'm trying to collect sets with each of the different cover styles - the ones that they were launched with and the later style which I remember ... read more
Crafty Fox Box Purse
I bought myself an Easter gift this year in the form of the March Crafty Fox Box as put together by the lovely Emily of The Startup Wife fame. I've known Emily for a couple of years now and know what a keen crafter she is, so was delighted when I heard about her latest venture. My box arrived last week and it was a lovely treat once I'd put the kids to bed one evening to unpack it and start thinking about making things from its contents. I'm not going to share everything yet, but spending time with my sewing machine on Saturday made me itch to do more. So I managed to make the time ... read more