I love the school holidays and never pretend any different, I like the lack of routine and that glorious feeling of ignoring the alarm clock, but more than the school holidays, I enjoy the extra-curricular activity holidays, for one precious week, I have my evenings back…
Continue reading “Half term shenanigans…”
I’d been working a lot of weekends and when Max asked me to book one off so he could get together with the lads, I jumped at the chance to have some quality mummy-daughter time with my girlies. I had the idea to take them away somewhere to make a real treat of it and one of my lovely friends, very kindly offered me the use of her really very posh and better furnished than my house, caravan on a lovely seaside in Yorkshire….
Continue reading “The day we caught the train..”
Who knew when embarking on our school journey that there would be so many ‘days’ and no, I don’t mean of the week, I mean the themed days…World Book Day, Non-uniform Day, Children In Need, Comic Relief, International Day etc…all fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but all so easy to lose track of….
Continue reading “Mummy Mishap No. 2”
So it’s fair to say in 10 yrs there have been many of these but I thought I’d start with the worst one and hope that in publishing it, it won’t lead to my immediate and overdue arrest….!!
Continue reading “Mummy Mishap No. 1”
Pre children, I used to relish the opportunity to go into our local ELC when it was coming up to a small child’s birthday and be drawn in by the brightly coloured and inspiring craft displays..playdoh, pva glue, glitter…what is not to love…?!
Continue reading “For the love of craft…”
My instructions from Max when we moved here were very simple. Don’t make eye contact with anyone and keep your head down. You see Max knows I am that person. The one that can’t say no…
Continue reading “The dreaded PTFA…”
Just the thought of it fills me with a cold sense of dread, and as with all the previous summers, I left this unenviable task as long as possible, I even tried to casually suggest to Max that he take our darling daughters to carefully select their all important chosen shoe for the shiny new school year…he just snorted and changed the subject, thats a no then?!
Continue reading “Shoe Shopping….”
I absolutely LOVE being a Mum, and honestly do like my children! I know how lucky I am to have them and am also fortunate enough to be able to work flexibly around them, I have a supportive husband and a great friendship network…living the dream eh?! But MY GOD IT’S HARD WORK! And over the years I have become ok with admitting that to myself! I used to feel that it must make me a terrible mother to think that but now I’m more realistic about it. I also think there has been a shift in society that has helped, in the wave of Mummy blogging, its becoming more acceptable to be the frazzled Mum with her unwashed hair scraped back and weetabix stuck to her shoulder, forgetting homework projects and drinking gin midweek! It’s ok not to be perfect…these are just a few of the habits I have adopted over the years to help maintain my sanity and keep my identity…
Continue reading “My Main Coping Mechanisms….”
Halfway through the summer, I had dropped Esme off at her theatre school and was on my way over to see my Mother with Lucy and Bella in tow. The day started reasonably uneventfully,
Continue reading “One of THOSE days…”
You know when people say it’s when your children are quiet that you need to worry more? That appears to be the moral of this particular sorry tale…
Continue reading “So there’s something I have to tell you ….”
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