Sunday, 9 December 2012
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Friday, 7 December 2012
Dear Santa
Dear Santa,
I think I've been a pretty good girl this year so I was wondering if I could have a few things for Christmas:
1) A new body
I'm really not happy with my body at the moment so I would love it if you could swap it for a nicely toned UK size 14 - see not being greedy and asking for a 12 or smaller!
2) A better car
I'm not after anything swish just a car that's less than 5 years old with power steering and central locking. It does need to be an estate though!
3) An immaculate house
If your elves could spare sometime to declutter my house, put everything away and make it look all shiny and new that would be brilliant.
4) Some time saving devices
Is there room in my stocking for a tumble dryer and a dishwasher? I know you would probably need to extend the kitchen to fit them in but I'm sure that's easy for you!
5) Patience
Please also squeeze in some extra patience for me. I love my children dearly butbsometimesnthey test my patience beyond its limits!
That's all for now. Hoping I'm not asking too much?
Yours expectantly,
Becky
I think I've been a pretty good girl this year so I was wondering if I could have a few things for Christmas:
1) A new body
I'm really not happy with my body at the moment so I would love it if you could swap it for a nicely toned UK size 14 - see not being greedy and asking for a 12 or smaller!
2) A better car
I'm not after anything swish just a car that's less than 5 years old with power steering and central locking. It does need to be an estate though!
3) An immaculate house
If your elves could spare sometime to declutter my house, put everything away and make it look all shiny and new that would be brilliant.
4) Some time saving devices
Is there room in my stocking for a tumble dryer and a dishwasher? I know you would probably need to extend the kitchen to fit them in but I'm sure that's easy for you!
5) Patience
Please also squeeze in some extra patience for me. I love my children dearly butbsometimesnthey test my patience beyond its limits!
That's all for now. Hoping I'm not asking too much?
Yours expectantly,
Becky
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Mattel Fun Times: Junior Scrabble
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Regular readers of my blog and photo posts will know my family are huge scrabble fans so being sent a spanking brand new copy of Junior Scrabble by Mattel was brilliant. I grew up with the game and my mum has a 1970s original copy! It has changed again since our second hand set has come out.
The game has two levels depending on the age of your child. For the younger ones there is a simple version where you have the words already on the board you just need to cover them:
For my 6 year old just in year 1 this is a perfect level. I am glad that the new version doesn't have all the letters in the words so its assisting him with his spellings. Having the rules made me realise we had been playing wrong but they make the game go better. Scoring is simple with tokens for completing a word.
For the my 9 year old we flipped the board over and you have to think of your own words:
So this makes them think ahead plus scoring requires addition and multiplication skills. My 6 year old could play this level just about but would need help.
A great game for families and a tool for helping primary aged children with spelling and numeracy skills.
Regular readers of my blog and photo posts will know my family are huge scrabble fans so being sent a spanking brand new copy of Junior Scrabble by Mattel was brilliant. I grew up with the game and my mum has a 1970s original copy! It has changed again since our second hand set has come out.
The game has two levels depending on the age of your child. For the younger ones there is a simple version where you have the words already on the board you just need to cover them:
For my 6 year old just in year 1 this is a perfect level. I am glad that the new version doesn't have all the letters in the words so its assisting him with his spellings. Having the rules made me realise we had been playing wrong but they make the game go better. Scoring is simple with tokens for completing a word.
For the my 9 year old we flipped the board over and you have to think of your own words:
A great game for families and a tool for helping primary aged children with spelling and numeracy skills.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Aunt Bessie mid week roasties
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Like most modern parents life can be very hectic at my house with us rushing here there and everywhere with very little time to cook a meal from scratch. I know the value of a proper meal but chopping and preparing takes up far too much time. Like Margaret and Mabel in the video it would seem like a special occasion to rustle up a full roast dinner mid week:
Aunt Bessie's roast potatoes are a big favourite in our house. I love the fact that all I need to do is heat up the oven and pop them in. I can even turn the oven on before doing the school run and it's ready to cook when I get home. The children love the crispiness of the roasties and prefer them to my home cooked ones!
I will also pop in a few Yorkshire puddings (either the bake at home or the 4 minute ones). My children can eat loads of these. Yes it's easy to make your own from scratch but that makes far too much washing up!
Sometimes I also have a few other Aunt Bessie extras such as stuffing balls or other treats - but only when I have had room in the freezer (I need a bigger one!). My children aren't too adventurous on the vegetable front so cooking a one person portion of red cabbage and apple or honey roast parsnips is perfect.
When this is served up with some cold meat from earlier in the week it's a wonderful meal. It's a win all round as we all enjoy it, there is very little preparation involved and virtually no washing up! All making for a very happy mummy.
Plenty of roast potatoes were consumed whilst writing this blogpost!
Like most modern parents life can be very hectic at my house with us rushing here there and everywhere with very little time to cook a meal from scratch. I know the value of a proper meal but chopping and preparing takes up far too much time. Like Margaret and Mabel in the video it would seem like a special occasion to rustle up a full roast dinner mid week:
Aunt Bessie's roast potatoes are a big favourite in our house. I love the fact that all I need to do is heat up the oven and pop them in. I can even turn the oven on before doing the school run and it's ready to cook when I get home. The children love the crispiness of the roasties and prefer them to my home cooked ones!
I will also pop in a few Yorkshire puddings (either the bake at home or the 4 minute ones). My children can eat loads of these. Yes it's easy to make your own from scratch but that makes far too much washing up!
Sometimes I also have a few other Aunt Bessie extras such as stuffing balls or other treats - but only when I have had room in the freezer (I need a bigger one!). My children aren't too adventurous on the vegetable front so cooking a one person portion of red cabbage and apple or honey roast parsnips is perfect.
When this is served up with some cold meat from earlier in the week it's a wonderful meal. It's a win all round as we all enjoy it, there is very little preparation involved and virtually no washing up! All making for a very happy mummy.
Plenty of roast potatoes were consumed whilst writing this blogpost!
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