Boys are strange creatures. This year, the last year of primary school, has seen the change with more boys wearing shorts in all weathers. And it seems to…
We’re in the last year of primary school this year. Year 6. The 6 and a bit years have flown by so fast, and generally they’ve been really…
I recently saw a thread on twitter from someone who was pregnant and wanted to know why people only ever warned her about how hard it was being…
Yet again I’ve been surprised by charity generosity. N is so different to me as a child. He’s so generous and always wants to donate to charity. Sometimes…
Like many people we’re partial to a good meal out. We don’t really go out for dinner other than the occasional pub meal with family, especially the big…
So far, having an only child has been great. The anticipated downsides that I might have expected haven’t really appeared. Having an only child has only been a…
When children are small it’s easy to decide what they’ll wear. Put them in gorgeous bright colours, pretty dresses, or sweet rompers. But as they grow older they…
It’s been a long time since parties happened, but now they’re starting back up again. Last weekend N went to a glamping party. So different to the parties…
My view on parenting is that it’s our job to make our children ready to be unleashed on the world on their own. At whatever age that ends…
Not everyone is a natural mother, or has that maternal instinct that people assume all women will have. I’m definitely not the maternal type – I don’t coo…