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Is there ever an excuse for bad manners?

April 20, 2011 By Ellen

My boys aren’t angels, far from it. They have more than their fair share of rude and revolting moments. But today one of them was greeted by an adult’s appalling ignorance. Boy Two and his little friend G were playing one of their endless and elaborate games in the garden. It involved a trampoline and […]

Filed Under: football, garden, play, rant, Something happened in my life, today's thought

The mysterious tribes of Scotland

September 5, 2010 By Ellen

Yesterday morning when I dressed the Third Boy, I made a decision. I rejected his cute new t-shirt – Disney’s Pluto on a green and white striped background – in favour of a nondescript multi-coloured affair. Why? Because we were off to the centre of Paisley on a Saturday morning. So what? You may well […]

Filed Under: archaology, football, Hunterian, Paisley, Scotland, sectarianism

Why I’m up for the World Cup

June 22, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from World Cup 2010 My chum Ladyblablahs blogged about the fact that her World Cup is not running over which put me to pondering… Vuvuzelas and cat bells have a similar function. The vuvuzela may end up being the lasting legacy of this year’s outing. It’ll go on the souvenir shelf with […]

Filed Under: football, other things I have learned, world cup

Bike riding, bird watching and food stealing

June 21, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children. To get started riding a bike, lean over to the side that you don’t kick with at football and push down on the pedal with your kicking leg. Boy Two has decided that the best thing in the world will be a bike ride with his mother. His mother […]

Filed Under: baby-led weaning, football, things I learned from my children today

Raise your flag even if you live in Scotland

June 8, 2010 By Ellen

Can I get a couple of things out of the way first? I don’t dislike football, I just don’t really see the point. I haven’t watched a whole match that didn’t feature one of my offspring for, erm, ages. Actually I remember. It was the last time Scotland was in the World Cup and I […]

Filed Under: football, Scotland, world cup

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