Sun was sinking slowly and lighting the fluffy floating seeds as it went. Boy Three and I were walking home through the still, mild evening. This’ll make a lovely photo. But then, Boy Three’s hot sticky fingers squeezed mine. “Mum do you promise to hold my hand all the way home?” “Of course I do. […]
Kids’ questions that don’t have an easy answer…
“But why?” It’s a question that draws a deep sigh from even the most patient parent. Not me though. I’m not even a slightly, vaguely patient parent so by the time I we get to “But why?” I’ve graduated from sighing, through eye-rolling and muttering to swearing under my breath. Perhaps that’s why my children have been […]
How do you define your family?
Things we learned in Chester
Serendipity was on our side this week. First, that we were in Chester at all and secondly that, more or less, everything we attempted worked out well. In our case it began with a rota fail (not, mercifully an aeronautical term). The Panther of News didn’t manage to get the bit of the Easter holidays […]