Blogging Charter in the light of NaBloPoMo

Michelle at Mummy from the Heart recently tagged Mummy to write a Blogging Charter. A Charter lays down some intentions, a set of rules if you like, around which you will go about your business, in this case, what readers should be able to expect of you. Now as some of you know, Mummy is particularly rubbish at responding to memes (soon to be rectified if you are still awaiting a response on Versatile, Leibster, About Me and 10 Questions!) I have twisted her arm though, because as the chaos of NaBloPoMo comes to an end today, now seems like a good …

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Saturday is Caption Day

It has been a lot about toilets in our house, and this one has undergone some repair. What do you think? Fancy some more? Go see Mammasaurus Rawr!

NaBloPoMo: Why I Will not be Doing it Again

Dear Mummy, stop being such a perfectionist! You have blogged every day for 25 days. You do not have to do another 5. Enough is enough! If you are bored your readers are probably bored too. Your writing has suffered, your photo files are a mess, we have been surviving on pizza. Stop it! Love from GG. PS – we would like you to play with us…. Dear GG, I can’t stop, I will feel like a failure. And to give up 5 days before the end – can’t do it. Even though I know that I am not posting …

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Wot So Funee? 9 More Toilet Humour

I wrote yesterday about how much I appreciate my brother. He enhances my life in so many ways; here is an example of one, overheard whilst we were in the bathroom together: Me: Thank you Bug for chatting to me while I’m on the loo. Bug: S’alright GG. ‘Cos it’s really boring doing a poo and it’s nice to have someone to chat to. You’re welcome sister. Oops look, my willy’s poking up out of my pants! Blaaaahahaha! That’s not good is it? No, it’s not! ‘Cos I need a wee! Oooh that really wouldn’t be good, because then you …

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The Photo Gallery: I am Proud…

…of my brother. Shhhh! Keep your voice down! Yes, I know it is lovely, but I really don’t want it shouted from the rooftops. He is, after all, The Bug. He is cute and annoying in equal measure, and if he ever got wise to the fact that I care at all, he would use it against me at every opportunity! “Mummy, GG is being mean to me…. Mummy, GG isn’t sharing….. Mummy, GG made me be Ken to her Barbie and she won’t let Ken shoot anything….” I mean honestly, you’d think he would finally get wise to the fact that I am older, …

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A Birth Story of Two Halves

This is part of a bloghop. Please click here to share your own Birth Story. Today I am posting a guest contribution from the only thing that Mummy gained from her NCT courses – a best friend! She had never really discussed this with her friend, given that they were both lost to a fog of despair in the first weeks after our births. They would meet occasionally whilst dashing around random shops or parks desperately seeking respite from the sofa of feeding hell. They only ever had time to mutter a hasty ‘Lovely to see you, must do coffee, …

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Top 5 Gadgets for 7 Year Olds – Listography

Listography at Kate Takes 5 this week is all about gadgets, and I have my top 5 right here. Now I love to read, but girl cannot live by books alone, and when the printed word begins to swim, a little light relief is in order. Fun things that make life easier. Here are my top 5 gadgets: The iPad (iPhone, iTouch, or basically anything ‘i’). Particularly if it accommodates apps concerning Barbie, High School Musical or Moshi Monsters. It fills my car journeys, makes me eat quicker in restaurants, keeps me occupied during boring adult chat, and can even improve mind …

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You Get the Picture?

Mummy finally met Chatty Baby’s Mummy (Chatty Baby has a lovely Mummy, apparently), who has started a new meme. You Get the Picture is a chance to show off your artwork. I am so all over that one! So here is my first entry: Diamonds at the Beach What do you think? Shall I chop my ear off yet?

Saturday is Caption Day!

Fancy a challenge? Caption this, and then head over to Mammasaurus for some more silly pictures.

Dear So and So… Letters to Santa

Dear Santa, I will be a little late submitting my letter to you this year. You see, Mummy won’t let me on the computer. She says she is too busy using it to blog, and that my spending 4 hours browsing the Toys R Us website is not a priority.  Which is unfortunate, because I don’t really know what I want. I’m sure once I have had access to the computer I will have a list of tat as long as my arm that I really need, so please rest assured that my letter will be available to view  just …

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Wot So Funee? Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

Last week we gave you an introduction to The Facts of Life for Kids. We moved on to giving you a linky post to share your Birth Stories with us. You may well be wondering what nuggets of inspiration await you this week on Wot So Funee? A-levels for 7-year-olds perhaps? News of a starring role in a West End show? No such luck I’m afraid. This week, Wot So Funee? brings you a very simple take on Anakin Skywalker’s fate in the Revenge of the Sith, which we watched with Daddy while Mummy was away in Paris. I am not …

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11.11.11 What Mummy Did: The Photo Gallery

The brilliant Tara Cain at Sticky Fingers: The Gallery  has noticed that 11.11.11 is a special date, and has suggested that we all record it with pictures of how we spent that day. Well thank you so much Tara, because 11.11.11 was the day Mummy went to Paris. Being Mummy she stressed quite a lot as they went through the tunnel on Eurostar about 11.11.11 being the kind of date terrorists might pick for a media masterpiece, but she and her 2 close friends made it to Paris and included a 2 minute silence at 11am (did you know it was 12pm in France?). I am …

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Share Your Birth Story

Last week Mummy decided to write my birth story. And she asked you to write yours too. If you have one already, please link up using the Linky tool at the end of the post. I will tweet every new link-up. If you haven’t written yours yet, but would like to, you can link up any time you like. We are open to new links for a year! Please include in your post a link to this post, and the badge if you can, so that people can find their way here to read and comment on other people’s birth …

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Saturday is Caption Day!

It’s Saturday again so time to have a laugh and find a caption for this: I know it’s not technically a photo, but it is quite funny all the same!

Music as Therapy

Mummy has now been tagged by no less than 4 people to take part in MammyWoo’s Music as Therapy theme, so I tactfully suggested that now might be the time to get her act together and complete the loop. The idea is that you choose a song that means something to you, for the lyrics, a memory, or just the way it makes you feel. So, thanking Diary of a Lagos Mum, Honie Mummy Blog, But Why Mummy Why? and Mum of One for the tag, here is our version. (Scroll down for mine – it’s the best)! Mummy’s turn first. She got a …

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Wot So Funee? 7 Where Do Babies Come From?

A while ago we had one of those conversations with Mummy. Being a brother and sister combo we are well-aware of the differences between boys and girls. Girls are in charge, boys must learn to do as they’re told. Oh, and boys have willies. Because they need something to fiddle with. Girls have long hair for that. Anyway, it occurred to me to ask how come boys can’t have babies. Mummy, thinking she’s super-smart, and heeding the advice to answer all such questions honestly, with no more detail than necessary, gives me technically correct answers: Well, boys have two holes, …

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Bullies and Cliques

Are you a bully? Some types of bullying are less obvious than others

Last week Blogland was in a tiz about bullying. A lovely mummy blogger wrote a post describing something she felt bad about; someone else criticised her very harshly, and everyone kicked off! Amongst all the discussion about bullies, another theme arose: cliques. It seems people feel that there is a kind of hierarchy of bloggers. Well there is. Some people have been at it for longer, they know each other well, they have stuff in common. It is natural. Allegations of cliques were bandied about, implying that some bloggers are hostile to newcomers. I take issue with that. I am 7 years old, and …

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Share Your Birth Story

  Dear Beautiful Boy  gave Mummy this idea in her post for last week’s Showcase on Love Mummy Blogs. You see, she mentioned her birth story. She has mentioned it before, and she is not the only one. Lots of bloggers mention their birth stories; and lots of them leave it there, promising a future post, teasing Mummy, leaving her wanting more. So she has decided to take matters into her own hands and ask people to share their birth stories here in a meme. So that she can finally get the gory low-down on everyone else’s labour. That’s what …

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Saturday is Caption Day!

The very lovely and extremely good parent Mammasaurus (I aspire to being one of her brood, such is the fun they seem to have over there!) has given us this super-easy prompt for Saturdays. So without further ado, gimme a funee caption for this one!