Mamatography – Diary of a First Child https://diaryofafirstchild.com The Real Life of a Wannabe Superwoman Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:34:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.29 Mamatography Week 19: Fairies, Hospitals And Fun https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/05/15/mamatography-week-19-fairies-hospitals-and-fun/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/05/15/mamatography-week-19-fairies-hospitals-and-fun/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 22:02:07 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16449 This week had serious ups and downs. We were away on holiday on the Isle of Wight, and one of the highlights was our visit to Blackgang Chine – an amazing theme park with ‘villages’ for fairies (120), cowboys, and more and an absolutely brilliant dinosaur enclosure. After a fabulous day, the next evening saw me […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/05/15/mamatography-week-19-fairies-hospitals-and-fun/feed/ 2 Mamatography Week 15 & 16: Outdoors And Out https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/24/mamatography-week-15-16-outdoors/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/24/mamatography-week-15-16-outdoors/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:29:51 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16390 We’ve had a crazy busy few weeks, but it’s been fun. I’ve been looking after a friend’s children, my Ameli has been on holiday from preschool and we’ve just had a lot of fun, and  not a whole lot of time to write or blog. 96/365 – Garden Fun I’ve been working hard on getting the garden […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/24/mamatography-week-15-16-outdoors/feed/ 2 Mamatography Week 14: Little Explorers https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/10/mamatography-week-14-little-explorers/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/10/mamatography-week-14-little-explorers/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:48:16 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16302 Week 14, and the sun has finally returned to these British Isles. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for that. Now we just need the sun to warm up a little. Day 89: Injury Prone. Aviya is so injury prone at the moment. Every time I turn my head she’s bashed her face on […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/10/mamatography-week-14-little-explorers/feed/ 0 Mamatography Week 13: Flowers And Firemen https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/02/mamatography-week-13-flowers-firemen/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/02/mamatography-week-13-flowers-firemen/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:00:43 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16272 There’s definitely a hint of spring in the air, with lots of flowers everywhere. 82: Bring On Spring Inspired by our trip to the Moonpig Mother’s Day event a few days earlier, we made a lollipop flower garden so we could give a few special people some flowers. 84: Gift Basket Friends of ours came […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/04/02/mamatography-week-13-flowers-firemen/feed/ 2 Mamatography Week12: Medicine Aftermath https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/27/mamatography-week12-medicine-aftermath/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/27/mamatography-week12-medicine-aftermath/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:12:19 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16232 Well, Aviya had the first medical treatment for my children, and I didn’t particularly cope with it! I was a stress ball and a half. And on the way home I dropped and shattered my phone so I had to get that fixed, which took a few days. My husband and Ameli also went to […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/27/mamatography-week12-medicine-aftermath/feed/ 4 Mamatography Week 10 And Week 11 : Playing Catch Up https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/19/mamatography-week-10-and-week-11-playing-catch-up/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/19/mamatography-week-10-and-week-11-playing-catch-up/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:00:53 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16127 Week 10 Mamatography Week 10 for us was all about World Book Week. The kids loved it, and it was great fun for all of us. 62: Play – We were invited to a play and I was so nervous about going with the girls, but really wanted to give it a shot anyway. We sat […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/19/mamatography-week-10-and-week-11-playing-catch-up/feed/ 2 Mamatography Week 9: Fun And Games https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/05/mamatography-week-9-fun-and-games/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/05/mamatography-week-9-fun-and-games/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:00:54 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=16024 We’ve had a fun week this last week. Our Playlearning theme was Dr. Seuss, which if you’ve ever opened a book, you’ll know is zany and crazy and strange and the children just love it. 55: Cafe Culture. I love coffee. I love coffee shops. I love sitting in them, writing and letting my mind wonder. […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/03/05/mamatography-week-9-fun-and-games/feed/ 1 Mamatography Week 8: Nourishing Our Souls https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/27/mamatography-week-8-nourishing-our-souls/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/27/mamatography-week-8-nourishing-our-souls/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=15966 I am trying really hard to move on with life, and regain some normality. 47: Girls: I don’t paint my nails very often – I just don’t have time for the maintenance anymore – but somehow Ameli still paints her nails with whatever pens and inks she can find. It must be a girl thing. 49: […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/27/mamatography-week-8-nourishing-our-souls/feed/ 0 Mamatography Week 7: Normal Days https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/19/mamatography-week-7-normal-days/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/19/mamatography-week-7-normal-days/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:00:49 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=15925 40: Real Food – I’m so pleased that my girls are going to grow up knowing the things that I’m just learning.  It’s a great legacy to leave my girls. 41: Raw Yum – I came up with this recipe for lime and coconut ‘chocolate’ shapes. So yum. 43: Scurvy Dog – My girl is […]

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]]> https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/19/mamatography-week-7-normal-days/feed/ 2 Mamatography Week 6: Growing https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/12/mamatography-week-6-growing/ https://diaryofafirstchild.com/2014/02/12/mamatography-week-6-growing/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.diaryofafirstchild.com/?p=15864 31: Treasures. I feel like a broken record around here, but this has been a really incredibly hard week. The loss has become real and the longing and missing tantamount. When my dad found the mugs my girls and I had done for him and my mom when she was here for Aviya’s birth, it […]

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