Category Archives: Our family

More messy play in the sunshine

Posted on April 23, 2013 by caterpillartales

Sometimes the best things in life are unplanned.  This is certainly true of the best opportunities to play.  This afternoon it started with the arrival of our second tuff spot – one just wasn’t enough for four children (and all … Continue reading →

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A poem by Monkey

Posted on February 28, 2013 by caterpillartales

Monkey made up this poem this evening while chatting to daddy about Limericks. There was an old man who liked honey He bought the spread with some money He licked it with glee And said “Yummy!” That was the old … Continue reading →

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Half term

Posted on February 25, 2013 by caterpillartales

We have had a good half term break, and done lots of things that I would like to blog separately, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, so I will just put them all here in one place.  On … Continue reading →

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About time

Posted on December 13, 2012 by caterpillartales

It’s about time I did some blogging again, and as long as I can type one-handed while cuddling Tiddler and singing “Horsey horsey” on endless loop it should be perfectly possible.  That sentence took me about 5 minutes to write … Continue reading →

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Half term and Halloween, Fireworks and Toffee

Posted on November 11, 2012 by caterpillartales

I’m still rather behind on blogging but before I forget everything, here is at least some of what we did in half term week…  I spent most of the week trying to catch up on washing and housework after our … Continue reading →

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Days like this

Posted on October 15, 2012 by caterpillartales

We all get them from time to time.  Days when nothing seems to go right.  It’s been like that today, though it did get a bit better towards the end.  I’ll spare you the details.  Just the usual kind of … Continue reading →

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Friday round up – 10th August 2012

Posted on August 10, 2012 by caterpillartales

Saturday and Sunday We spent the weekend at my parents’ house, which is always good but was even better as my brother was there for the middle weekend of his fortnight in the UK (he lives in Australia.)  We had … Continue reading →

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Friday round up – 20th July 2012

Posted on July 20, 2012 by caterpillartales

Random things I can remember about what we have been learning this week…. Science All – learning about stag beetles, beeswax and honey, seeds and vegetables at the Ecology Centre garden party Owl, Monkey and Rabbit – experiment about genetic … Continue reading →

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Where to start?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by caterpillartales

The last couple of weeks have been so busy that I have been struggling to process any of it enough to write about it here.  I am now sitting on the sofa watching the football, and almost falling asleep, but … Continue reading →

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My baby boy is eight

Posted on June 7, 2012 by caterpillartales

I’ve been a bit quiet on here over the weekend.  You could be forgiven for thinking that the celebration of the non-retirement of a certain elderly lady had something to do with it, and that is partly true, but it … Continue reading →

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