RobynFeb 13, 20182 minFROM AESCHYLUS TO ATWOODA note on the title of my blog. By training I'm a Classicist, but by day I mostly teach (and let's be honest, read) English - so these two work for me. Whil...
RobynFeb 153 minTO BUMSHUFFLE OR TO CRAWL?A critical question for an almost one year old. The answer in this instance is to shuffle her wee butt around with daily increasing adeptness and speed. The ...
RobynJan 32 minINTO THE WOODSIn to the Cliveden woods to run. My new year's resolutions are going to be straightforward this year. Into the woods, Into the woods. Into all the woods tha...
RobynDec 19, 20191 minCHRISTMAS BISCUITS Ok, so I haven't posted anything for a ridiculous length of time - I keep starting posts, but available time to actually write seems to have been limited of ...
RobynAug 21, 20192 minBATCH BAKE AND PANCAKES FOR BABY I try and make up some thing for the family to have for snacks once a week or so. I don't always manage it, but in the efforts to avoid everything that is w...
RobynAug 4, 20193 minREMEMBER THE MOMENTSBecause there were some beautiful ones. But holidays with three small children, they're hard work. This was not a holiday that's going to go in the books as...
RobynJun 21, 20193 minTHE FAMILY BASKET Time to put the moses basket back in the loft. I wonder when it'll come down again. When I was pregnant with Sally, mum asked if I wanted the moses basket. ...
RobynJun 5, 20194 minBABY GEEK That would be me - not the actual baby. Although this is a picture of the baby being geeked which I know is off topic, but she's so darn cute at the moment...
RobynMay 8, 20191 minBATTLES WITH PLASTIC - AGAINOn the back of the last post - I thought I'd co-opt the baby-cute. Tesco say they're trialing less plastic in TWO of their stores. I think its time to just ...
RobynMay 6, 20193 minBATTLES WITH PLASTIC: TESCO I CHALLENGE YOU. I noticed this a couple of days ago... This isn't the first time the hypocrisy of the situation has occurred to me, but perhaps I'm in more of a ranting mood...
RobynMay 2, 20193 minBATTLES WITH PLASTIC: NEW STUFFI got some goodies from Klean Kanteen Pip needed a drinks bottle and the Lifeventure flask I bought about five years ago has lost part of its rubber seal. I...
RobynApr 27, 20193 minITS REAL NAPPY WEEK! What good timing with all the climate change activism happening at the moment. I've written about why I like cloth nappies a couple of times. It boils down ...
RobynApr 18, 20193 minTWO POUND ADVENTURESWoodland trails at Basildon Park. Three pounds, a map for a route around a field and a Cadbury's Easter Egg at the end? No thank you. We're going to go for...
RobynApr 17, 20192 minEASTER BISCUITINGSeriously, how long are these holidays? These are some of the things that happened when I decided to make biscuits with the small people. I'd taken them all...
RobynApr 12, 20195 minEQUAL OPPORTUNITY TOESThis morning Sally asked me if I would paint her toe nails, I had no particular reason to refuse and it seemed a suitable carrot to hold over her head to hel...
RobynApr 6, 20194 minBATTLES WITH PLASTICCHEEKY WIPES - These ought to be mandated for all new parents. These arrived in the post this week. They are the best. They are also the reason that I just...
RobynApr 2, 20194 minHAPPY MOTHER'S DAYOn Wednesday morning this week, Pip pulled one of his socks off and told me he had crayon on his toes. He was half right, I suspected it to be paint and not...
RobynMar 23, 20194 minBAKING MADNESSNo, the other way around. Baking to keep me sane. I fall in and out of being a regular baker. I've been rather better at it over the last six months or so, ...
RobynMar 22, 20193 minA FORTNIGHT OF FIRSTAnd a few lasts too. This having a new number three baby is an odd thing. It wasn't until I had Pip that I realised that I really liked babies and I actuall...
RobynMar 14, 20194 minTHE ANTIDOTE TO CHAOSMight just be a tidy bookshelf. Baby Cleo is now a whole fortnight into her existence. She is proving to be a fairly well behaved baby and manages to do thr...
