My son is never-ceasing to amaze me at the moment. I’ve seen so many changes in him over the last few weeks, it’s been truly wonderful to witness Monkey’s growing confidence. I helped at out school for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I made bread with two groups of children. Monkey was in…Continue reading Monkey’s growing confidence
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A big step for a little boy
So we’ve started our first full week in Year One, and last week was a bit of a rollercoaster for us all. To be honest, I’ve felt all the stress of helping Monkey settle in to a new routine, has been firmly left with me. I know it’s pretty much always us Mum’s that have…Continue reading A big step for a little boy
Pedalling his bike
I shared some our Monkey’s new first’s from our visit to Coombe Mill recently, well the surprises didn’t end when we returned to Oxfordshire. Monkey was saving something quite wonderful for our return. We were about to witness him pedalling his bike. You may remember that we bought Monkey’s bike over a year ago now.…Continue reading Pedalling his bike
Coombe Mill Magic
I’ve longed to take Monkey to Coombe Mill in Cornwall ever since I discovered the Country Kids linky 2 years ago when I first started blogging. I just knew that he would love it. Last year, following a conversation with Iona at Redpeffer I saved some pennies and booked for us to stay for the…Continue reading Coombe Mill Magic
Monkey hits the bouncy castle #SSAmazingAchievements
Don’t all kids just love going on bouncy castles? No! Monkey is 5 and he’s always avoided the big blow up things that tempt all his friends. Even if he’s had the opportunity to have the whole space to himself, he’s declined. I’ve had so many strange looks from Mums, often friends, what do you…Continue reading Monkey hits the bouncy castle #SSAmazingAchievements
Monkey swam a width of the pool #SSAmazingAchievements
Regular readers will know that over the last 11 months I’ve been trying to conquer my fear of water and I’ve been taking swimming lessons. I can do all strokes now – but they all need technical tweaks and the fear of the deep is still very real. Last February Monkey started on his own…Continue reading Monkey swam a width of the pool #SSAmazingAchievements