Living life the larger family way
For mothers with young children, life seems to contain endless hassles and complications. This is not to say that things aren’t enjoyable and interesting – but the bottom line is, having kids is work. This is the part that every busy mom already knows – what some don’t always figure out is how [...]
In 1997 Stephanie and Ben tried to convince me they had chicken pox. Well, Ben claimed he hadn’t actually drawn on himself as Steph was the one with the spots. He was looking forward to Steph getting into trouble whilst he obviously had done nothing. He seemed to have missed the point that [...]
Today’s guest post has been written by the lovely Alexandra, a home-educating mum of six who blogs over at http://www.overflowinglaundrybasket.blogspot.co.uk. Alexandra shares her touching story of unexpectedly having to deal with a child born with talipes – otherwise known as club foot – in the hope that she can offer support to anyone [...]
Anna and Oliver Logic isn’t really a strong point when you have only just turned three years old. Neither is reason – as Ollie demonstrated to us yesterday. After a disagreement in Cait’s room Ollie began to misbehave as three year olds sometimes do. ‘If you’re going to behave like that you have to [...]
Yesterday I posted a status update on our Larger Family Life Facebook page about how, when asked to tidy the living room, my children took the toys into the hallway and started playing there instead. This received a lot of ‘likes’ in a short space of time and I wondered, why are people liking [...]
The twins celebrated turning ten months old yesterday. A whole ten months already, can you believe? We have often marvelled at how different they are. We’ve commented many times on how they barely look like sisters, let alone twins. But they are. Anna, on the left in the picture above, was born [...]
