icklebabe.com, it's in the blog

Well its Monday dear friend’s and still no sign of the new Icklebabe site.

I spent yesterday being more than a bit gutted about it, and last night having terrible anxiety dreams about it.

 Me and Mr Big J have even fallen out about it. He is not only the love of my life and father of our mini teriorist, but also as my webdesigner and programer the real  life giver to all things icklebabe!

Icklebabe is my little dream but at the moment the new shop is Jay’s.

The truth is,  its really my fault. Trying to coincide the launch of my ickle website with Big J’s first shop opening was never going to to a winner. (more…)

Quick Disclaimer- In the interest of political correctness and neighbourly  harmony I must just say  nobody in the ickle family is at all racist, we all live in harmony with our neighbours..its just some of us are suffering from a touch of world cup fever ;D

The house opposite has a flag up….

We noticed it first on our way home from school….

I said to Ten Boy Jack  ” Look Jack, see how pretty that house looks!”….

Jack said ” Thats NOT pretty, thats a French flag, I am outraged!” (he likes big words at the moment) ” I am writing them a letter saying that they are being highly inappropriated, and if they don’t take it down I’m calling the FBI! ” (more…)

This week I went clothes shopping with Teen Ellie….

Since having Milly this has been a daunting task. The changing rooms seem to have got smaller, a whole lot hotter and the mirrors seem to be of the fun house variety, enlarging my bottom to mammoth like proportions!

I mostly shop Online for myself now, preferring the comfort of my own home with its trusty “kind” mirror. To give me the unwelcome news that I am not as skinny as I used to be!

I have always been very happy in my own size 10 skin. Now I have to get used to a whole new, rounder shape.

Other super skinny mums at school and the dreaded rise of the celebrity mum don’t help either. They seem to have shed their baby weight and now all  resemble cute little Twiglet’s , whereas I am more the shape of a puffy Wotsit! (more…)

So its the school holidays again, can I get a yip?..and a eeee?!…..

(….tumbleweed moment…)

Don’t get me wrong I totally love hanging out with the kids (well, most of the time anyway) . But this time is different, I don’t know if its just me. But it seems only five minutes from the last  and way to close to the long six week summer hols to be at all possible.

But hay ho..holidays it is! I don’t think it helps that my kids are so different in age ( and sometimes it seems,  in species! ), its tough to find something for us all to do together  in the school break.

In case your new to my odd ramblings and random  recipes I will fill you in… (more…)