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The excitement of Christmas is at school at the moment. They’ve started their ‘# sleeps til Christmas’ countdown which N loves, and there’s been lots of Christmassy things going on, not just the nativity play rehearsals. The nativity is due…
Water and swimming pool safety is the reason why most parents sign their children up for swimming lessons. Or maybe I’m missing something? So why on earth do some parents take along toddlers to watch their siblings swim and then…
It’s been another quiet week for School Days. N’s school rotate round sports coaches coming in, forest school, and music or dance activities, and this week was a changeover week. Carol Service This week was the Christmas carol service. For…
It’s been another quiet school week this time. N was pleased to get his Star of the week certificate from last week. But there weren’t any trips or sports events this week. It seemed to be full of lots of…
*Ad-sponsored post With a school age child, everything education is important to me. I loved school and found it fairly easy, so I want N to love it too. He’s a fan of any subject that’s black or white, logical…
*contains affiliate links Sometimes the things your children say make you tear up and feel for them. It doesn’t happen that often despite me now being a total softie who cries really easily at films (or reading David Walliams’ children’s…
One of my most popular posts has been the decline of party invitation etiquette. I get a lot of searches arriving at my blog asking how to accept and decline party invites. Nowadays, with the decline of snail mail and…
Another school week gone by. We were at the school gate, amazed that we’re already so far past half term. But it’s been another week of nativity rehearsals and learning, which included Children in Need day. Star of the week…
This week’s been quiet school wise. Just the usual stuff going on (or not in the case of N’s spellings, with his worst mark ever I think). I’m not sure next week’s will be much better given he’s been sporadic…
This week was back to school after half term. And we’re on the countdown to Christmas unbelievably. This week’s school days had a lot going on as usual. School Photos N had to go in with his lopsided haircut. I…
A siblings relationship isn’t always perfect. Brothers and sisters fight, the competitive spirit comes out and often parents despair. And there doesn’t seem to be much written about the sibling relationship. If you ask around friends there’s not always a pattern…
