I have someone at the other end of the sofa, wrapped up snug as a bug in *my* blanket. My birthday blanket that I never get to use because everyone else is snuggling in it. Anyway, I digress. There's a boy at the end of the sofa, who is 7 on Monday. He's growing so quickly. But … [Read more...]
I love cars, I do….
I was writing to someone today about how much I love driving, and cars. And it reminded me of how when Lovely Bloke first took me to meet his friends, we walked past a really, really nice Audi parked outside a pub. And I got into a very seriously and lengthy conversation about … [Read more...]
Re adjusting expectations when you become a Mummy…
I want to write a letter to myself, not the whole "to the teenage me" but for something far more important… "to the new mummy me"… It's inspired by a conversation with a new mum recently, who felt that she was struggling to work out how to keep on top of everything. So here … [Read more...]
I beg your pardon? What did you say?
"I beg your pardon? What did you say?" That's me, to my beautiful 5 year old son. who still picks his nose and wipes it on his shirt. "Mummy, I said can you give me a sentence with a split diagraph in it, using the letters a and e, in that order?" <followed by long … [Read more...]
There’s no one quite like Grandma
Everything is right in the world. It's nearly 8pm on Friday night, the end of half term and our boys are currently playing lego and helicopters and turtles and rockets, in the semi darkness, with Grandma. She is amazing. She plays with them for hours. They think she is the … [Read more...]
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