When we were offered Bananas in Pyjamas to review we were rather excited. Beastie hasn’t watched the tv show much but this has definitely made him want to watch more. We even saw it advertised on Nick Jr. and this has made Beastie even more excited… As one of the top three pre-school shows for [...]
View Post Bananas in Pyjamas, development, funhouse, furniture, Golden Bear, Nick Jr., pre-school, role play, staircase, theme tuneToday was the first day of term at Beastie’s pre school. The school holidays have been a long few weeks and I think we were both more than ready for his return. Not that Beastie knew it this morning, as just as I predicted he was a little anxious about going back. A couple of [...]
View Post anxiety, new term, pre-school, shoesBeastie was always so contented at nursery. I think he may have cried possibly three or four times in the 2 years that he attended and that was due to him being poorly or overtired. I dreaded returning to work, not only because I wanted to look after him myself but also because I didn’t [...]
View Post baby, boy, child, confident, family, grown up, pre-school, Separation Anxiety, stageWe seem to have a thing for playsets at the moment in our home and we were more than happy to try out these new playsets from the very popular Bob the Builder show. We received the Building Site complete with a Bob figurine and the Suppliers Yard which features Rosie. As soon as Beastie [...]
View Post Bob the Builder, construction, playsets, pre-schoolI have recently just joined the small army of school Mum’s at our local school now that Beastie is attending his pre-school sessions. The one aspect I was dreading from the start was the logistics of getting up to the school in time, finding a parking space and depositing Beastie, all whilst juggling [...]
View Post army, attitude, meeting, mum's, playground, pre-school, PTA, School runI have been on maternity leave a few weeks now and I must say I have settled into it very nicely. I don’t feel like I am just on holiday and will have to return to work soon. I have actually walked out of work and not looked back. The thought of being there now, [...]
View Post art, brother, cherish, drawing, gifted, love, nursery, painting, pre-school, scared, talentJust when I think I can finally relax and put my feet up in the last few weeks of my pregnancy, something crops up. I have been happily plodding along knowing that Beastie will stay put at the nursery that he attends and has done for the past 2 years, safe in the knowledge that [...]
View Post baby, childcare, cry, emotional, funded, maternity leave, nursery, pay, pre-school, stimulation