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For the past 20 months I’ve been a stay at home mum, and for the most part we’ve lived off one wage, this situation sets to continue as next year I’d like to go back to college.
Over the summer I’ve looked at our budget and expenditure in depth. I’ve figured out the main ways that we will be able to continue to afford ourselves the luxury of choosing to invest in the future, which will pay off both monetarily and in our longterm happiness.
1. Get What You’re …

Last week 21st Century Mummy started Pass the Book with Children’s Spaces by Judith Wilson. I really enjoyed the book and it has given me a lot of inspiration, and funnily, not just for children’s spaces but for my bathroom, which I am currently (and when I say currently, I mean sporadically) decorating and for a piece of artwork I’m planning for our livingroom.
The rules of the game, state that I now offer this book up to my readers. The first one to state ‘pass me the book’ …

To be honest, when I saw this was the next one on the list, I wasn’t sure whether to do it or not. I’ve never really meditated before and wouldn’t really know what to do, so I decided to simply take some time out to relax, with a view of ‘taking it from there’.
You may have noticed that I have blogged less this week, I stole some blog time to relax and read a book. I spent a few hours over the course of the week laying down …

I made these myself with some leftover pear and jelly, however, I think it would make a great cookery activity for a preschooler.
Erin loved them, so I may try some other fruit and flavoured jelly combinations…orange jelly with peach or perhaps strawberry with lime flavoured jelly….

To say that this weeks habit was a disaster is…well….an understatement. Why do you think I haven’t released any details of my actual food intake (hee hee). I have the minor excuse of suffering a little with the old crohns, which always knocks my regular eating habit, but I can’t lay all the blame there…
I’ve decided that trying to overhaul my whole eating pattern is just too much to ask, after all, I am a busy parent. I have decided to break this habit down into stages, …

It’s been a busy few days. Saturday we went to Tummel Valley for the weekend and went to a great park in Aberfeldy, lots of fun and it seemed we were away much longer than a night.
Yesterday was my wedding anniversary, three years and counting (!).
I also got a free ticket to the Edinburgh Tattoo, so I went with my sister in law as Alex was working. We saw the usual pipes and drums along with groups from around the world including bands from Moscow, Boston …

We had fun making this very simple sticker picture. As you can see we had fish, shell and boat stickers, so we decided on an oceanic theme. Do you like the pencilled in fisherman? hee hee

Mother at Large asked me the other day if I had written about bubbles yet, and I was surprised to find, after browsing the archives that I haven’t…
Bubbles are a great quick activity for babies through to about eight or nine. Babies are fascinated by the bubbles they’ll stare at them gliding through the air. Toddlers like to pop the bubbles and older kids like to blow bubbles. We were at a wedding recently that provided bubbles for the kids as entertainment. The toddlers through to …

According to You Want to Do What? the criminal age of responsibility, or the age at which people must take responsibility for their crimes is ten in England and Wales, and eight in Scotland.
These ages are very young, especially when they are compared with other countries. For example in USA the age of criminal responsibility is sixteen/eighteen, in Germany it’s fourteen, France thirteen, and Italy fifteen.

My question to you is, at what age do you think the criminal age of responsibility should be?
Personally, I think twelve sounds like a …

I had a discussion with someone the other day on young vs older teachers.
Are older teachers better than younger teachers or vica versa?
We talked about the pros of having a younger teacher
They’re more ‘with it’
Seem cooler to the teenagers
Have just trained, so are more aware of new methods
Keen and enthusiastic as they are just starting out
The pros of having an older teacher, or a teacher that has not become a teacher directly after leaving school

Have more life experience to impart onto children
May seem more approachable to younger children

More …