My Grandad died fighting for his country during World War 2. Mr Frugal's Dad was in the army and fought in the Falklands as well as getting shot by terrorists during active service elsewhere. Both children have friends whose parents are serving Afghanistan. We have friends whose children, partners, brothers and cousins are out in Afghanistan fighting for their country. Everyone is affected by war one way or another and regardless of whether we agree with the reasons that we entered into any particular conflict, one thing we should all agree on is that we should be extremely proud of all … [Read more...]
Home spa day….
Last night Miss Frugal and I had our own mini homemade spa evening while the men of the house were doing man things together (playing on the Xbox and painting little figure things).We started with a nice hot bubble bath where we washed each other's hair and made hairstyles with the bubbles. Then we painted each other's nails and used some chocolate face mask that we won in a tombola last week. And finally, we relaxed on the bed with cucumbers over our eyes.It was such a lovely night although I'm not going to lie - she spent half the night telling us we needed a hot tub and … [Read more...]
Let’s look on the bright side….
I know we haven't had much of a Summer this year but everywhere I go at the minute I hear people complaining about the weather and how cold it is (including me) so I thought I'd share my reasons for loving this time of year instead of my moans about why I don't like it....* I love the snuggly nights when it's cold and dark outside and we're all warm and cosy in the house.* I love the rainy afternoons when you can hear the rain against the windows but we're snuggled on the settee watching a film.* I love coming home and being able to smell our almost ready dinner in the slow … [Read more...]
Frightening (or not)….
This year Miss Frugal has decided that she doesn't want to wear a traditional Halloween costume - she'd much rather have a pretty one! I've explained to her that the whole point of a Halloween costume is to wear a spooky costume but she's not having any of it.She looks, in her own words, like a rainbow has thrown up on her!Even Master Frugal isn't that bothered this year, I had to twist his arm to get him to wear a mask let alone a full costume! … [Read more...]
Getting Active….
I try to encourage the kids to play outside as much as possible - in all weathers.The street we live on is quiet enough and they do enjoy scooting up and down the street on their scooters but with the nights drawing in I don't like them to go too far so it gets a bit boring for them. This is why I try and make our garden somewhere that they're happy to play and that their friends will enjoy playing in too.We've bought lots of things for them to play with - everything from footballs to cricket bats and from Swingball to a croquet set! The best thing by far that we have at the minute … [Read more...]
Mummy Mugshot – Me as a child….
I love the idea of the Mummy Mugshot linky over at life, love and living with boys.I have literally thousands of pictures stored on my computer and on various memory sticks around the house and I would say that until recently, there were probably less than 20 (if that) that have me in the same picture as the kids. I've started to take more photos with me in them lately though - I want to be a part of the memories that we make every day and not just the person behind the camera all the time.When I look at a picture of me, I see someone who needs to lose weight, get a haircut and wear … [Read more...]
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