Chez Spud

As previously confessed as one of my 30 secrets in 30 days, I only like to watch films I’ve seen before. I’m the first to admit the rather limiting nature of this part of my personality  and thus I did, as part of 39 things to do before I’m 40, commit to watching 5 films [...]

Mr Bertie, hotfooting it across Cromer beach and weaving through the pillars of the pier. Reminds me a bit of Don’t Look Now with that red top and the fleetingness of the composition. Shudder. I love all the funny mispronunciations the boys have had in their vocabulary along the way and so wish I’d kept [...]

This is me. This is who I am. This is me last November, snapped by MrSpud when I was recovering from swine flu. Poor me, it’s hard to know which is worse…the obvious flu or that Big Fat Hair? All gone now in favour of the gamine chop, although the Big Hair is creeping back [...]

I know it’s not in focus and I chopped the bottom of their legs off…but I love this shot which sums up Day 1 of our Camping Trip perfectly. The boys just loved it, loved loved loved it. Here they are at bedtime, having a cuddle and peering out of the window of the tent [...]

It’s not all blue skies, white clouds, blonde hair and smiles here you know. We live on a FARM and it gets MUCKY. I present BoyChild1′s filthy feet. Stands back to await rapturous applause and heaping on of parenting awards. 0

Diggy with Granna at the playground in the forest. Too much fun in one sentence…presence of playgrounds, forests AND grannies all in one place…lucky boy. As usual we got about 10 foot away from the carpark. Is this typical for pre-schoolers? I don’t want to wish my life away but I am looking forward to [...]

Can’t wait, won’t wait…busy busy busy…need it now, can’t delay…busy busy busy…. We’re the ‘instant’ society. Everything is about ‘now’, about immediacy, about right time, time place and all of that. We’re so unaccustomed to waiting. Why wait when we can get that ‘hit’ right now? And if we can’t get the instant fix immediately, [...]

I have recently rediscovered the delicious treat of buying books from a Real Bookshop, one with walls and shelves and books which you take home in a bag, not books that Postman Andy delivers in boxes branded ‘Amazon’. I love Amazon, don’t get me wrong, I love it for its speed, its range and, of [...]

I rode a bike today for the first time in *cough* the best part of 20 years. Gosh that’s such a puzzle to me since, inside, I am only about 20 years old? Puzzling… I blogged about wanting a bike a few weeks back and I thought a sensible first step would be to check [...]

Skippy, that’s me that is. Recently returned from my first EVER music festival and I loved it. We only went for the day but next year we’re camping because it’s such a pity we missed out on the evening. It was a long, hot day and the boys just got too tired for us to [...]