Going to “the Ploughing” is an Irish institution, but something that for one reason or another I had never done until today. You’ll find all the official information here but here’s my quick (and muddled) post of highlights for us today. We approached on the purple route via Wexford town,…
You know from my last post that I let the boys decide what they want for their birthday cakes. Now, our Cathal is not much of a talker but he is very good at getting his point across. His big brother’s birthday is eleven days before his so he was…
Birthdays are a big deal in our house, I love them, love the parties and most of all love making the cakes. Cakes for kids are fun, they don’t need to be perfect, but have to have a wow factor. Ciarán turned 4 last week, but we have been…
I chuckle to myself when I see magazine articles about “Fun ways to get your kids to eat vegetables”. In my experience, limited to two boys aged almost 4 and almost 2, if a child doesn’t want to eat something no amount of fun or forcing will make them. They’re…
My Granny Murray was my Mam’s Mam, a fantastic lady who passed away early last year. We lived 50 miles of windy country roads from her house so a trip to Granny Murray’s was always an adventure, and since she didn’t see us all that often she would take the…
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