I always enjoy reading Melanie Bettinelli's blog, The Wine-Dark Sea . I find it particularly easy to picture her little daughter Isabel...

I am not tackling the list from my gentle learning post in order, just going with whatever is uppermost in my mind ... which now happens to...

I took Star to London yesterday for a long promised trip to Madame Tussauds. We endured a packed train to get there, but once we arrived she...

If I could only take books by thirteen authors to a desert island ... chosen in part for variety and with a leaning to more prolific writers...

... it's a Book Walk! Cay Gibson at the Cajun Cottage is running a book walk tomorrow (Thursday 25th). If you would like the chance to...

After reading up on Montessori, making a start on Charlotte Mason's Home Education , and learning a little about Waldorf education and ...

I am a convert to signing with babies. To find out why, visit The Lilting House where Lissa sets out the case for learning to sign far bett...

Angel to Star: Wait ... I haven't seen you in your cupboard yet ... Me to Star: Is it OK if Cherub plays with your brain? Tevye to Star ...

Yes, we did have a nice break. Short, but good. Yes, I did take photos. When I remembered the camera. No, I did not remember the camera when...

... to the same place we went to last year . Back on Friday.

Our local metropolis has been holding a free Light Fantastic event over the last couple of days and Angel persuaded me to take her along las...

What the Catholic toddler plays with in October ... St. Therese and a Guardian Angel (not the one that managed to prevent her nose diving do...

I have loved Winnie-the-Pooh (the real one, not the poor Disney imitation) since I was not much older than Little Cherub, so it is no surpri...

In response to public demand, the answer to the question "what are conkers?" ... Conkers are nuts from the horse chestnut tree - n...

Yes, forty is the new thirteen ... but after reading Karen's and Sarah's lists I couldn't resist adding my own selection. Here...

Little Cherub's new favourite is one of the books from my library book sale trawl: Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne. I have had to...

Don't miss Karen Edmisten's 40 reasons to have kids , written in response to a French psychologist (and mother!) who declares she re...

On Thursday Angel played in a tag rugby match ... on Friday she had two hours of ballet classes ... on Saturday she went here for a friend...

Every now and again we find bribery the offer of an incentive to be a good parenting tactic. We had one those moments back in June when Ang...

Little Cherub - sixteen months old today - has finally hit the magic weight of 9kg (20lbs) and can move into a forward facing car seat. Admi...