blended families

Visiting their dad – the seasonal fluctuations

January 2, 2014 By Ellen

We had a lovely outing today with Boy Three to Finlaystone. He spent the whole time hurtling about issuing orders and shooting people. “Hurry up. Spread out. Take cover.” The only people to follow his commands were the Panther and I. The Panther was also armed, until he fell over his gun and broke it. […]

220/365 What happens when your family increases by 40 per cent overnight

August 8, 2013 By Ellen

Or the post I wrote after the Boys came back. So there we were Boy Three, the Panther of News and I, getting along with life. We were missing the big Boys – away at their dad’s – but mostly we were coping. In fact, I had even begun to make some small headway on the […]

Michelle Mone, please remember you’re the adult in this

July 23, 2012 By Ellen

She hasn’t got a point In the paper today, the ubiquitous Ms Mone is moaning about having to hand her kids over to their dad for the holidays. It’s, according to The Scottish Sun and her Twitter account, “the hardest things she’s ever done”. Made worse, apparently, by the fact that her ex is with […]