He knows about Father Christmas – spoiler if kids are reading!
The time has come, he knows about Father Christmas, but also knows to keep the magic for others (and hopefully himself)
The time has come, he knows about Father Christmas, but also knows to keep the magic for others (and hopefully himself)
This week has seen a big milestone for N. Double figures. Yes, he’s now 10 years old. And suddenly it feels like he’s grown up so much. He’s still pretty mellow, no sign of pre-teen emotions yet, so he was…
I now have a 9 year old. As I’m sure all parents say, time whizzes by (and I’m sure it goes faster when you’ve got children). N’s surely into tween age now, although so far he’s remained level headed, with…
Firstly Happy New Year. I hope 2019 brings us all what we wish for. I haven’t celebrated new year at midnight for about 16 years. I think that last attempt was 15 years ago when we were invited to my…
Note to self, in future always arrive at school events 10 minutes beforehand rather than 2 minutes before. For N’s first nativity play at day nursery, I arrived to find I was the last parent by miles to arrive, and…
We redecorated our bathroom a few years ago. Well I say redecorated, but really we changed around the suite (it was cheapo bamboo colour before, and I wanted white) and painted. I’m not a bit decorator – I’d much rather…
It’s so hard knowing when to lose the pushchair. Children go through phases with their pushchair. Quite happy to sit there. Then refusing to get back in when they’ve been given a chance to walk. Then refusing to leave it….
I’m not a fan of snow. Well, I suppose I am, as long as I don’t have to: Go anywhere or get back from anywhere. That’s work, shopping, nursery run, err anywhere! Actually that’s it. Snow’s all very nice to…