Spotted! – Arabelle’s Childrens Collection

Now, at first, I wasn’t sure. Jewellery for children? Really? But actually, these are very special, thoughtfully designed, and will make wonderful special occasion gifts. The Arabelle Children’s Collection is inspired by traditional childhood toys and associations. All of these exquisite handcrafted pieces are available in 18ct yellow gold, while some of the more simple [...]



New recipe – Helen’s Eggy Bread

(Okay, I cheated on this one. It was begged requested from Helen by ME .  I have fond memories of eggy bread – under the guise of ‘Gypsy Toast’ in 70′s Essex – but have never made it for my own children… oh the shame). Eggy Bread has been Eggy Bread to me all my [...]



Slopsville – Our baby weaning diary. Week Nine. ish.

Have you seen the episode of Friends in which Joey goes out on a date and gets upset with the woman because she takes chips off his plate? He explains his horror by repeating, “Joey doesn’t share food!” Well, my Joe (I’m not calling him ‘Joey’ even for the purposes of this story, sorry) doesn’t [...]



Spotted! Why do we all love pretty, lovely stationery so much?

Spotted! This is our new series, where we spot things on our daily pottering around t’interweb – we have no physical knowledge of these products, or links to these companies, or even know the lovely people behind them. It’s just something that stops us and makes us go ‘oooh!’. So here’s your first one – [...]



Rob’ll Make You Smile….

StumbledUpon this (am loving the StumbleImages button on new toolbar)…



Blog Love – Ladybird World Mother

This weeks blog love isn’t just for a particular post – it’s for the blog in general too. I loved yesterdays post  (The Last Straw), but also the one from Friday. And the one on ‘No Sex Please‘ made me laugh out loud. And also make a Change At Bedtime. So – may I present [...]



Think Tank Science Museum Review

Just to let you know that we have now posted our review of Think Tank Birmingham Science Museum. You can read it here.



Conjoined twins and other lessons, by Catherine Newman

Thanks to @Keris for the tip. We’re fans of American author Catherine Newman, and I just love this essay. It’s a little longer than the articles we usually link to (it being an essay an’ all…), but so worth a read; Two Hearts Beat As One



Blog Love – The ‘What I Wore Today’ collection

Okay, so this is a slight stretch on our usual Blog Love – but I do love it so! What I Wore Today started life as a Flickr group set up and run by designer Gemma Coreell, and contributed to by a host of designers and artists; and it has finally migrated into a great [...]



WoooOOOooo! Spoooooky New Competition….

We are all a-quiver with spooky excitement…. A family theme park ticket to be won for Alton Tower’s Halloween Scarefest… click here, if you dare, to enter…. woooOOOOooooo!