Little Man on Ice

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 17, 2011 in Life, Play | 6 comments

Sometimes something unexpected and a little bit magical happens to give you a lift and brighten your day. We...

There really was a penguin!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 15, 2011 in Life | 5 comments

Blogging while under the weather – and more importantly while under the influence of antibiotics and...

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas Jumper

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 14, 2011 in Love | 5 comments

So I missed Wordless Wednesday last week! It was the first Wednesday in months when I didn’t post a...

When good banana bread goes bad

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 13, 2011 in Life | 4 comments

Did you know I make delicious banana bread? Seriously, it is yummy! Check it out – I wrote a whole...

Let it snow!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 12, 2011 in Play | 2 comments

I’ve been dreading snow this year. After getting snowed in for weeks on end in the run up to Christmas...

Hughes & Hughes Giveaway Winner!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 11, 2011 in Calendar Event | 1 comment

Many thanks to Hughes & Hughes for sponsoring a great giveaway here on Mama.ie this week, and thanks...

Don’t try this at home

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 10, 2011 in Life, Play | 2 comments

Mammy guilt strikes again. I am still too sick to be a good Mammy this week. The best I can manage is to...

It’s a virus

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 8, 2011 in Life | 2 comments

I knew whatever I had was a virus. So I didn’t go to the doctor on Saturday when I was aching, on...

A Family Day Out in Dublin at Christmas

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 6, 2011 in Calendar Event, Love | 2 comments

I had intended to write this post on Saturday evening and publish it then, but at 7pm I was already in bed,...

Feeling sorry for myself

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 5, 2011 in Life | 4 comments

I’m sick. Sniff. And I have been since Friday, which is ages and ages ago. Some kind of body flu or...

Hughes & Hughes Giveaway!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 4, 2011 in Life, Play | 131 comments

Christmas is coming early here at Mama.ie – and not just because we’ve had our Christmas tree up...

Twitter and the #ToyShow

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 2, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life |

For years, Charlie was annoying me about Twitter, telling me how great it is. Twice I signed up to see what...

Wordless Wednesday: Precious ornaments

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 30, 2011 in Love | 2 comments

Those of you who were bored silly with my Christmassy trip down memory lane on Monday should really look...

It’s the little things

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 29, 2011 in Life, Love, Sleep | 11 comments

Life is busy, and if we’re not careful it can pass us by in a blur of work, eat, sleep, work… At...

Children’s Nativity Set

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 28, 2011 in Love | 1 comment

When we were at the Toy Show in the RDS recently, I was specifically looking for a children’s nativity...

Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 27, 2011 in Love, Reviews | 2 comments

We can’t get enough of Sue Hendra’s books in this house at the moment. Our new bedtime routine...

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas tree!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 26, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life, Love | 7 comments

A strange thing happened this year. Charlie suggested we put up the Christmas tree early. Before he could...

Welcome back Sleep!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 25, 2011 in Life, Sleep | 7 comments

Last month was a tough one sleep-wise. The whole family was sick – we all had coughs and colds. None...

Book Review: Old Before My Time

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 24, 2011 in Life |

In many ways, Hayley Okines is a normal teenage girl, with a crush on Justin Bieber and the usual complaints...

Wordless Wednesday: I won! I won!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 23, 2011 in Life | 5 comments

Ooh exciting! I got a tweet from @mollymoo_ie telling me that I won a contest I entered on her blog...