Cheetahs In My Shoes

living with the imaginary menagerie and all that it entails

30/09/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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Harvest Festival

Times have changed. No longer the school harvest festival involves rows of children ‘singing’ “We plough the fields and scaaaaaaaatter, the good seed on the laaaaaand” or “Raiiise the glori’us ‘arvest ‘ome” with parents seeing the event as the perfect … Continue reading

18/04/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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You’re Beautiful – Pizza Time

I had the children to myself on Sunday (their father had had that honour the day before whilst I was at #blogup2012) with no car.  The Cheetah Keeper’s sister was determined that she wanted to go swimming – she was … Continue reading

11/04/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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You’re Beautiful – Being Spontaneous

Firstly I apologise in huge quantities to the lovely Kate and equally lovely Lesley for not tweeting out their #yourebeautiful contributions more last week.  With the Cheetah Keeper recovering from his op and me taking to my bed ill (which … Continue reading

10/04/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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Swans

There’s somethings that are essential parts of becoming a long term resident of St Albans.  I’ve lived here (near enough) all my very nearly 37 years and can rat-run through the back roads with the best of ‘em.  I have … Continue reading

06/04/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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Ring Tailed Lemurs

Here’s the second in my essentially photo posts from our last visit to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.  With a bit of Google research I discover the collective term for a group of lemurs is a ‘troop’.  I am sure someone will … Continue reading

06/01/2012
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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My first Vlog of 2012 – is too much routine too much?

I’ve been inspired this week by the research published by the Princes Trust about the need for stable environments to give children a better chance at school.  But is too much routine too much?  Here’s my view – let me … Continue reading

31/12/2011
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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2011 according to the Cheetahs

So 2011 has been the year that the Cheetahs and their keeper found, ahem, fame.  From small beginnings (ie just being annoyingly in shoes when it was time to put them on) and the odd Facebook status update they’ve now … Continue reading

20/12/2011
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Playing Giraffes

As the Cheetah Keeper clambered into bed with me this morning (how do small children get so many sharp bits?) he was clearly thinking about ‘stuff’ – not just how many sleeps until Christmas but other things too. The conversation … Continue reading

09/12/2011
by Jenny; Cheetahs In My Shoes & Just Photos By Me
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Friday Rant – share the love, not the lurgy

This week, the Cheetah Keeper’s sister and I have been poorly – we have had either Winter Vomiting Bug, or a close relation of it.  For those of you yet to experience the joys of this virus that travels at … Continue reading