Is there much of a difference between being rebellious and being contrary? I suspect it all depends on where you’re looking at it from.The rebel, intent on ploughing their own furrow, sees it as brave – heroic even. A determination to do things their own way, however illogical and hard. It was good enough for […]
Review: Scootrix Noisemaker (like I don’t have enough noise makers already)
Noisemaker control panel Boy Three demonstrates the thing Review a noisemaker? Are you mad? All I want is quiet. This was my first reaction when the lovely folk at Handpicked Collection asked if we’d like to have one for Boy Three to try out. But then I had a look and realised just how much he’d love […]
106/365 Working up an appetite
Who did you have your first crush on?
How has it come to this? I’m sneaking around the kitchen stealing Boy One’s jelly babies and now realise I have to eat every single one and deny there was ever even one in his pick-n-mix bag. And I’m looking for blogging inspiration. Usually this isn’t a problem – I’m cross, ranty or enchanted by […]
105/365 Happy Birthday Boy Two
You might think it’s a random clutter of cake furniture, but you’d be wrong. It’s a carefully arranged tableau created for Boy Two by his little brother. Having his cake and eating it. Eleven years ago I was in a ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, and I couldn’t sleep. I was probably quivering […]