Strawberry Cornetto please
You know when you do something, and as you are doing it you are thinking, ‘this isn’t such a smart idea’.
Taking a hot tray out the oven and forgetting the tea towel.
Jumping in a pool without checking how deep it is.
Archive for June, 2014
I never really liked strawberry Cornetto
Published June 30, 2014 Family activity 14 CommentsTags: best parenting practice, loom bands and ipad, never presume, strawberry cornetto
Lost Child, Found Child
Published June 19, 2014 Ethical , family , festival , volunteer 11 CommentsTags: Glastonbury, lost child found child, Oxfam festival stewards, Oxfamily, shambala, volunteer at festivals
Losing kids is the worst feelings in the world.
Although I’ve always felt festivals are one of the safest places for a child to go wandering, the reality of it happening still producing that sick panic and sinking feeling that ever parent dreads.
Remain calm…
Can you guess what it is? Brighton Sand Sculpture Festival
Published June 17, 2014 days out , family , Family activity , kids activity 2 CommentsTags: Brighton, Brighton Marina car park, Brighton Sand Sculpture, parent and child Brighton, Volks railway
We were recently invited to check out the Brighton Sand Sculpture Festival which has taken over Black Rock on Madeira Drive.
Now I humbly class myself as a bit of a sand master. I have spent many happy hours building master pieces or turning the kids in to mermaids. But this is something different.
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Happy squeak grave
Published June 8, 2014 family 7 CommentsTags: Explain death to kids, happy squeak grave, let's call him happy
“I just said hello to a squirrel and he didn’t look very happy”
The kids discovered a very tame little squirrel in the garden yesterday chilling out near the shed. Continue reading ‘Happy squeak grave’
