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Re: #SilentSunday

Ellen Arnison — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:43:37 -0000

Everyone's cup of tea!

Re: #SilentSunday

Suzanne Whitton — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:22:15 -0000

Brilliantly captured shot!

Re: My #Bestever Chocolate Cake Recipe

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:56:35 -0000

honest Pru - its perfection on a plate

Re: #SilentSunday

Notmyyearoff — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:43:24 -0000

Ahhh you've got a very gorgeous family.

Re: My #Bestever Chocolate Cake Recipe

Pru @ Perfecting Pru — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:42:23 -0000

This sounds good. I never cook gluten-free recipes buy I'm intrigued by this. My go-to recipe for chocolate cake is the Martha Stewart one bowl chocolate cake. I tend towards cakes with oil instead of butter but ive got to try your recipe.

Re: #SilentSunday

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:34:23 -0000

Im a very lucky mummy x

Re: #SilentSunday

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:34:12 -0000

thanks so much x

Re: #SilentSunday

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:34:03 -0000

thanks so much x

Re: #SilentSunday

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:33:54 -0000

thank you x

Re: #SilentSunday

alysonsblog — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:33:47 -0000

its a rare thing to be honest so worth remembering!

Re: #SilentSunday

Fivegoblogging — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:12:44 -0000

They all look so happy to be together :)

Re: #SilentSunday

Herding Cats — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:51:19 -0000

Lovely picture

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Sinead — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:47:06 -0000

Lovely photo!

Re: #SilentSunday

Suzanne Whitton — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:17:01 -0000

What a lovely happy photo!

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Mama makes — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:28:22 -0000

Awwww beautiful faces!

Re: The little book of gratefulness

Beadzoid — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:24:03 -0000

I think it is pretty much par for the cause these days, but that doesn't mean that it should be. I think that's a really great idea, the little book of gratefulness. If our kids are forced to actually consider how lucky they are then it can only make them nice people later in life. I guess as mums we will all come up against this as much of childhood is very much 'the ego state', it's how as parents we help them to develop their personalities.

I'm sure your kids will be just fine :)

Ps Let us know how it goes x

Re: What makes Britain great?

Beadzoid — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:18:55 -0000

Great post. Great list - not sure who I'd add to it really, such inspiring choices.

I guess we Brits aren't such a bad lot - even if the rest of the world thinks so ;) x

Re: What makes Britain great?

SAHMlovingit — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:24:19 -0000

Britain even!

Re: What makes Britain great?

SAHMlovingit — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:24:08 -0000

Such a great inspiring post lady - and makes me feel a lot more positive about this shitty rainy weather today. Hurrah for Britian! x

Re: The little book of gratefulness

Anton1a — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:53:36 -0000

I don't think it is asking too much to ask her to consider this Aly.I share your frustrations with my eldest.

We have a set-to the other week, based on why is it that when I offer her 1 nice thing, it has to turn into a whole list of demands. She was allowed chocolate, and she wanted a fizzy drink (which they are very rarely allowed except when ill), then she wanted to stay up late etc etc. She was given the chocolate and a lecture 'why do you always want 10 things when you are offered 1 thing?' And just yesterday I offered them a treat from the shop after school and she specified 'we must go to Sainsbury's garage and get a kinder egg'- um, no, a treat is a treat and if you don't want what you are being offered, from where we are going, have nothing!

It was made so much worse by the fact that I had recently read my Great Aunt's autobiography. She is my (now deceased) Polish Grandfather's sister, and they were put in a worker's camp in Siberia during the war when Poland was taken over by Russian forces. They went from living a comfortable middle-class life on a big farm, and their father was a prominent member of the community- to overnight being separated from his, shoved on a train and placed on a journey of utter fear, terrible hunger and awful sights for the following years. It just highlighted how utterly privileged children are today and how they don't know they are born- but why would they know? It is our privilege that we have food, comfort, luxuries and toys in adundance.

I wonder how to get them to recognise it too- the other night my daughter declared her dinner was disgusting and refused to eat. I spoke to her about Mozambique (which they studied in school) and explained that children would cry just to get the dinner on her plate and she thought about it, left the table (as we all did) and then came back in the room and sat down and ate it. A small victory but how to ensure it continues?

I once went to a soup kitchen at a convent (part of our Catholic school curriculum I think) and spoke to a homeless man for some time . I was 15years old and teary eyed as he explained his tragic life story and how he fell in love with a Spanish girl who tragically died, and his life never recovered from the loss of his loved one. Anyway, a few weeks later my RE teacher (who was a Nun at the convent) called me to the front of the class and demanded to know the man's name (she was quite abrupt). I said I am sorry, I don't know- she explained that he had died that week and nobody knew what name to put on his grave in the convent garden. I thought it was 'John', under duress, and that's what went on the stone I believe.

When my children are a bit older I want to take them to a soup kitchen and I have resolved one Christmas Day we will all be going to help serve Christmas Dinner to homeless people. I hope it will show the children what having nothing looks like and give them an understanding of compassion. I hope!....

Re: What makes Britain great?

Supermumproject — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:41:08 -0000

What a lovely positive and patriotic post I really enjoyed reading this it makes me feel proud to be British. Shows what the people of the country can do and really make a difference

Re: Can thinking something make it happen?

alysonsblog — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:19:50 -0000

my sentiment exactly Michelle, why would you?

Re: Can thinking something make it happen?

Michelle Twin Mum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:38:31 -0000

That just seems the most bizzare thing to do. No way woudl I put that to paper, there is just no need. Mich x

Re: The little book of gratefulness

Michelle Twin Mum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:35:41 -0000

It does seem to be the way and it drives me crazy. I love the little book you have introduced. We do prayers every night at dinner and the kids have to thank God for something they are grateful for, it is a lovely sharing activity.

We also sponsor a couple fo children abroad and any cahrity work I do is talked about at home and dh wenton Mission last year so they undertsand how different their life is to those in other countries and we constantly remind them of that.

When JJ tells me he is bored he gets reminded how much he has and how completely selfish and disrespectful that phrase is.

Who knows what will make the difference, we will have to just keep on trying. Mich x

Re: Who Irritates You The Most?

alysonsblog — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:14:00 -0000

thanks so much lovely and thanks for commenting x