Here’s my latest favourite photo of my little man at 17 weeks. How the time is flying – and my maternity leave 🙁 In the last couple of days Edward has done a 360° on his baby gym much to our surprise. We both kept going into the lounge and shouting to the other “Did…
Weaning Part I
As Edward is now 17 weeks (where’s the time going!?) we decided to start him on some baby rice. He can sit up in his new Stokke highchair, he puts things in his mouth, and watches us eating. We gave him one spoonful of baby rice mixed with 10 spoonfuls of milk. It looked quite…
Product review: Garofalo pasta
A couple of weeks ago I came across a thread on British Mummy Bloggers looking for people to try Garofalo pasta. Apparently Garofalo is one of Italy’s favourite pasta brands. It’s available nationwide from Ocado as well as in many delis up and down the country. I was sent two packets to try: some radiatori…
Sewing with fusible webbing
So last night I tried one of the projects on my to-do list – an embellished tshirt for my little boy. I followed an old pattern from Sew Hip magazine. It was pretty simple consisting of an applique motif decorated with colourful ribbons for the mane and tail. I was excited as this was my…
The Gallery: holidays
As you may be able to tell, I’m a tad obsessed with my growing little family. I suppose we waited a while until we started a family and now I am enjoying every single second of family life. We didn’t have an easy start as my husband was taken ill when Edward was only two…
Hexagons
I have been busy making hexagons for some time. It’s the kind of craft project you can do when you have 5 minutes and I’m trying to make some every evening. I even managed to take some away on our recent holiday. I didn’t realise quite how many fabrics I had – there’s plenty of…
Simple bib
I seem to have lost my crafting mojo recently. It’s probably due to a lack of ‘me’ time which is natural with a new baby. However, Edward has gone to bed at 7 since we brought him home from hospital and I don’t feel the need to collapse on the sofa after he has gone…
The Gallery: Creatures
So I’ve discovered I have no exciting photographs of creatures. It’s not that I don’t like wildlife I just don’t see much of it living in Zone 3! I have found a lovely photograph of a robin I took at Norwood Cemetery in January 2008. I’ve always been fascinated by the Magnificent Seven: Kensal Green…
The Gallery: Motherhood
The theme for Week 15 of The Gallery is motherhood. Although this isn’t the best photo of me and Edward it’s one which makes me smile. Before I became a mother I had no idea what it really entailed and I’m no expert yet. Edward is now 3 months old and so far I’ve spent…