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Toddler development (or, wow! You can do that! Please don’t!)
Lately James has been astonishing me with some really full sentences; recounting whole pages of books, and telling me about some things that have happened in his day. It's brilliant and I don't think I'll ever tire of his enthusiasm and that excitement in his eye when he tells me these things. For ...
Silent Sunday
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Gibside
We went to Gibside today, while it was free! They were taking part in the Heritage Open Day this weekend. It was fabulous weather; really great for a mid-September day. They have a brilliant adventure playground that would've kept James occupied for much longer if we'd needed it to. The ...
Road trip planning
We are planning a road trip in October. We don't know where to go! We have a wedding to go to in Eastbourne, and so we need to be down there then, but otherwise we have two weeks to play with. We have a couple of options lined up, but there are just too many choices! Option one will ...
Woodhorn Colliery with Dinosaurs!
This week we visited Woodhorn Museum for the first time. Daddy Foote had been there before, when he was much younger, and he said it used to be tiny and boring... We went mainly because the dinosaurs are there (only until 1st September 2014 - you'll have to be quick!) and as it was a Bank ...