Me and my mum

Something I love to do with my little one is to read books, there are so many beautiful children's books out there and the library provides us with a big variety so we can rotate the books we read frequently. This evening before going to sleep munchkin chose a book called "me and my mum" ( Helen Exley) for me to read to her, we haven't read it for a while and I had forgotten about it, its a lovely book to read for any mum, but I think especially as a single mum, because it talks about all the things the mum and the child do during the day and it includes a lot of positiveness about spending time with mum. The book ends by saying something a long the lines of  "no matter how busy mum is, she still makes time for us to do special things together, just me and my mum" I haven't quoted completely correctly but its words to that effect!. We read lots of books ,her favourites are "spots birthday" (Eric Hill), "So much" (Trish Cooke) and the traditional Goldilocks and the three bears, especially the one by Stephen Tucker. Would love to hear about your childs favourite books, because its always nice to share stories with our children.

Diary of a single mom

This is a great series about 3 "single moms" who live near each other, with a lot of inspirational quotes for all the single mummys out there http://pic.tv/singlemom/ Start with Episode 1, Season 1, you can access the videos on the right, they are all free to watch.

Christmas Party

We went to a christmas party, held at princess' gymnastic class today, there was a bouncy castle, it was long and the kids had to jump across it to one end and then jump off and go back to the beginning, it was the first time I had seen one like this, they also had a visit from santa, played games and ate party food. Was a nice way to fill up the hours left till christmas, because now I feel we are just waiting for that. Last night we went for a walk around the village where we live, to look at christmas lights on peoples houses, there are a lot decorated with different coloured lights, snowmen, santa, reindeer etc. Really lovely to go in the dark when they are all switched on. Its christmas eve tomorrow, I have wrapped all the presents for her, and will probably wrap a few for myself, so that we can open presents together on christmas morning.

What are your little ones wishes for christmas?

So I've been neglecting my blog lately, a few reasons for this, 1 - I think no one reads it and 2 - I just have been busy. Christmas is coming, so have been attending Christmas concert, parties, writing out cards for my little one to send to her class mates. I do enjoy this time of year, but its been really cold and so it makes me want to hibernate. My 3 year old is asking for " a psp, barbie water park, barbie hair style, a drum and a guinea pig" for Christmas, I will not be buying the psp, however I have got the guinea pig (toy) by fur-real friends, have posted video of one below, also I have got her some slippers, the drum, a hello kitty game for her ds, lots of stocking fillers that I cant even remember what, a bag and a few other bits, my family will take care of her other requests which I didn't buy, she will be very spoilt, as she is every Christmas and birthday. Will post a photo of her with Santa for you all to see. :)