I am an unashamedly passionate fan of the Tooth Fairy, the Dummy Fairy (or Pacifier Fairy, if you prefer) and every other fairy that needs to visit my home. By extension, this makes me someone who has no issue with copious amounts of glitter sprinkled around my house. Yes, it gets in the carpets and… Read More
The day I became The Dummy Fairy.
I told my child a lie. A big bald-faced whopper. I had to. Here it is:
Directions to Fairyland.
Today’s post was written by my mother, and it explains one hundred percent how I am who I am today and why I try so hard every day to live up to the job description of Mom as set out by her. I was so blessed to be brought up by this remarkable woman. I hope… Read More
Confessions of a Tooth Fairy.
An ode to my daughter on the momentous occasion of her first lost tooth.
Today was the day your moment of truth. You’ve been waiting and hoping to lose this loose tooth. You could hardly believe it, you cried (with joy…) you danced round the garden screaming “Oh boy!” In front of the mirror you examined your teeth, some gaps on the top and some underneath. And then you… Read More
Fairy princess tea parties are seriously underrated.
(Work is not more important)
Today, I needed Baby G to sleep. I had a lot of work to do and not much time. We spent the morning doing ‘special girl stuff’ like ballet and playing princesses with her best little friend EVER in the whole wide world, we ate lunch and I popped her into bed for a nap… Read More
A special day
This morning Miss M came to me, as she does every morning, and asked me to check to see if any of her teeth are wobbly. You see – for the last 18 months she has been watching all her friends begin to lose teeth and get visited by the tooth fairy but her teeth… Read More