This time three years ago we thought that we were as ready as we could possibly be for our precious firstborn starting school. We’d done all the stuff you’re supposed to do, the stuff that’s covered in the letter that you get from the school and in the back to…
As back-to-school looms I find myself giving unsolicited advice about school supplies to anyone who will listen. As is often the case, this advice tends to take the negative turn, with words like “crap” and “not worth a shite” cropping up. I call it cautionary advice, or helping others learn…
It’s been a bit quiet around here. If you follow me on Facebook or instagram you’ll be sick of my holiday photos know why. If you don’t why not follow now! We had a fabulous holiday. A fabulous family holiday, where you still are on call to provide endless water and…
Once upon a time, before I had any children, I always thought I would have a houseful. Three or four, probably four. Like I said, that was when I had none. Then, I had one. He was lovely, even lovelier once he got over the colic and the screaming and…
As every parent in the country rejoices at the thoughts of an end to uniforms and lunchboxes, we’re bracing ourselves for the cries of “I’m bored”. And the holidays haven’t started yet in our house. I’m pretty strict on devices and TV so my kids say it very (very, very)…
“That is so YOU”. “I saw this and thought of you instantly”. “That always reminds me of you”. Sometimes we form associations with things and they forevermore remind us of that place, or that time, or a person. Maud at Awfully Chipper wrote a lovely post recently about remembering her mother’s watch…
The boys’ school reports arrived this week. Their teachers said nice things about them and used words like “mannerly” and “polite”. We checked that we’d been sent the right kids’ reports, then smiled smugly at one another that something had sunk in and patted one another on the back for…
It’s the biggest news of your life, the most exciting, telling people that you’re pregnant. How did you share your baby news? I found out I was pregnant on my first baby a few days before Christmas in 2007. My husband and I kept the news to ourselves until I…
A few weeks ago my team at work did our annual charity day as part of our company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Programme. The charity we chose to support this year was Ronald McDonald House Charities at Crumlin Children’s Hospital. The Cooking for Families initiative sees groups of volunteers cooking meals in…
She is three now, my littlest. She turned three on Saturday. She’s certainly not a baby of course, she’s just my last born child. She’s not my baby, she’s a big girl she reminds me. She has her knickers, and big girls have knickers not nappies. She won’t wear a bib as…
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