Today we wandered...

Today was a day filled with many things. The morning was spent going to Moomoos usual baby sensory class in Brondesbury Park. Obviously that is not enough to do in one morning so i raced across town to a culturebaby event at the Serpentine Gallery.

I joined a assortment of other mums with small ones in tow for a guided tour of the new pavilion. I have now attended three culture baby events and have found each one to be fun and informative. The thought that goes into the building of the pavilion is fascinating. That and the fact that it is sold off to usually a private collection after its stint in Hyde Park.

After my injection of culture we popped into Chiswick to have some lunch with him indoors. Moomoos decided she as no longer going to play along with my plans for the day.

Now home and exhausted, the children either sleeping or playing I am folding yet more cranes whilst listening to Laura Marling.

"Well I, own this field
And I wrote this sky
And I have no reason, to reason with you

I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd understand that I'd never let it go
I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd understand that the world does what it does

And you never did learn to let the little things go
And you never did learn to let me be
And you never did learn to let little people grow
And you never did learn how to see

But I whisper that I love this man, now and for forever to your soul as it floats out off the window
To the world that you turned your back on,
To the world that never really let you be,

And I am Laura now, and Laura still,
And you did always say that one day I would suffer.
You did always say that people get their pay.
You did always say that I was going places,
And that you wouldn't have it any other way.

But I couldn't turn my back on a world, for what I like wouldn't let me
But I couldn't turn my back on a world for And I couldn't turn my back on sweet smelling Blackberry stone"       
A beautiful song showing true song writing craft. What i should really be doing is packing for our trip to Brighton. 10 days with the children on the south coast. This will either be a stroke of inspiration or a wet and windy nightmare. Lets hope for the former.

Rain rain go away

Today the sky has been thick with clouds scudding poast my window raining down on my day. Moo moo and I attempted to escape from the house this morning however her nodding off before we left scuppered that. By the time she decided to wake up the chance had passed as the heavens repeatedly emptied themselves.

So in order to save the day i set about doing stuff. This stuff invloved making origami cranes. I had recently ordered a large quantity of origami paper with the intention of making some things for something. So far i have made some animals flowers and stars. Today however was the day of the crane.

So we settled by the window. Moo moos watching the sky and I folding paper. There is something wonderfully relaxing about folding the same pattern repeatedly. Your hands take over as your mind wonders through a myrid of topics.

The result was a rainbow of cranes all neatly folded. When I picked the pook up from school I taught him how to fold a crane. He loved it and spent the next hour looking up origami on the net. It is always wonderful when you capture a childs interest with something so simple.

Filums

One of the great advantages of not having to turn up to work everyday is the extra time I have had to watch films.

This morning was spent at the excellent Lexi cinema in Kensel Rise. This wonderful independent cinema has mother and baby screenings on a Monday morning and they are cheap as chips. This mornings screening was The Tree of Life.  This film is perhaps one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema I have ever seen. Beautiful cinematography along with an excellent cast and a very moving script. This was helped along by the very beautiful Messrs Pitt and Penn who were both on fine form.

The Lexi seats only 75 people when full. The sight of mothers with babes in arms giggling their offspring whilst trying to absorb this rather thought provoking and demanding film brought a smile to my face. It is a rare treat for us mothers to be able to take our babies somewhere that is considered an adult area and not to be made to feel as if we are inconveniencing others by our presence. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and cannot wait until the next opportunity to attend.

And we should begin at the begining...

Well as all good stories do we shall begin at the begining. I am swiftly approaching thirty with a ten year old son, the pook and a five month old daughter who has spent most of the past five months being called moo moo. I am not sure why but it seems to agree with her.

I live in west london and am currently enjoying the luxury of maternity leave from my job working on the coal face of the NHS. It is a great relief to be away with all the horrific changes that the current administration are trying to force on what was once our glorious health service.

I mostly like to spend my days mooching about with the children, wrangling our two cats peanut and greedy kitten and caring for Mr B. I love to bake, read, cook, sew and spend many hours gazing at my own navel.

I hope with this blog to record stuff that I feel I would like to record. So lets start.