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Thrifty Toddler Part I: Upcycling a baby onesie to a toddler cardie
During our stay in Brazil this summer, the Bean's great-grandmother gave him a fleece pyjama onesie. The cuddliest of the cuddly, but unfortunately we only took a proper look at it once we got home and...
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Meal Planning Monday - 06.10 to 12.10
Even though temperatures are still in the low to mid-twenties here during the day (and yet we all have a stinking cold - don't ask me how), the menu at the Bean's nursery has changed to...
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Project Round-up: August to October 2014
Despite a lack of round-up posts for August and September, there has still been plenty of making and upcycling going on at P&P Towers. I can even show off a few more finished projects than normal...
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Perks in Monza Park
How many of the tourist attractions in your own backyard have you vsisted? If you’re anything like me, I’d guess not many. I lived in Oxford for 10 years and visited a grand total of one college. To...
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Tasty Thursday - Fubá com Coco (Brazilian cornmeal & coconut cake)
When I think of all the places I have visited or lived in, it is never the fancy food that I miss the most. Not the sushi in lacquered boxes but the cold soba noodles bought for a fiver on a hot...
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{The Ordinary Moments} #25 - Weekday morning madness
6:30 AM The Bean wakes up first, almost always (except on those very rare occasions when he has to get up early to be somewhere, and then of course not even the entire King’s Cavalry bounding through...
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Crackers for Cloth III - Cracking the maths: how many washable nappies do I...
Note: I have not been compensated in any way for mentioning or linking to any of the companies/products below. Just so you know. Mr P&P and I decided to use cloth nappies before the Bean was born...
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A Beanie for a Bean
We’re on holiday at my parents’ house this week, in all senses of the word. No cooking, no laundry, extra sleep. Extra time to play with the Bean. Extra time to crochet. And, in theory, I’m supposed to...
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Meal Planning Monday - 3.11 to 9.11
Well, I'm not quite sure what happened to October. All I know is that it involved very little meal planning and far more snotty noses than I'd consider ideal, BUT we did end the month on a high (or...
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Hush mama...
There’s a brand new baby next door. Just a week old, all curled-up limbs and downy softness and mewling cries. Along with her, there are brand new parents. Two people who, for the very first time, know...
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"Triple Puff" Granny Square - Free Pattern & Tutorial
If you follow me on any of the usual social media suspects, (and if you don’t I’m on twitter, facebook, Google+ and pinterest!) you’ll know I’ve been churning out crochet granny squares for a new...
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{The Ordinary Moments} #26 - In my Grandpa's garden
One of the most vivid and treasured memories of my childhood are of days spent roaming around my grandparents' enormous garden. I remember the grave sense of purpose when faced with a several tennis...
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Meal Planning Monday - 10.11 to 16.11
If you thought the weather was always glorious in Italy, think again. Milan is currently soaked because of a particularly rotten weather system and, as is wont to happen on a landlocked plain, it....
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Expat Life: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Uncertainty
Back in January Mr P&P renewed his work contract here in Milan for another 18 months. At that point the summer of 2015 seemed very far away, but *news flash* we’re already more than halfway there....
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REVIEW: Hape Best Bugs Magnetic Maze
As regular readers of this blog will know, I'm a bit of a hardliner when it comes to toys. As in, very few make it through our door! This partly because we have little space for them in our 60 m2-flat,...
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Easy home made toys #5: Cardboard box bus
When we took the castors off the Bean's bed (why would you want a toddler bed to move willy-nilly?!) I immediately wanted to make some sort of vehicle for him with them. It seemed a shame to waste free...
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{The Ordinary Moments} #27 - Creature comforts Creature
My Bean is a mover, always has been. He shimmied all night long in my belly, learned to crawl at six months, and now never walks but runs, skips and hops. And yet. Every now and then even this little...
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Meal Planning Monday - 24.11 to 30.11
It's not a great month, November, is it. I had high hopes, of puddle-jumping and leaf-collecting, but the reality has been a little different. Think tissue-binning and back-to-back colds for all three...
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Meal Planning Monday - 3.11 to 9.11
Well, I'm not quite sure what happened to October. All I know is that it involved very little meal planning and far more snotty noses than I'd consider ideal, BUT we did end the month on a high (or...
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Hush mama...
There’s a brand new baby next door. Just a week old, all curled-up limbs and downy softness and mewling cries. Along with her, there are brand new parents. Two people who, for the very first time, know...
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