The other Friday evening I drove 34 miles between the end of school and, eventually, gin o’clock. It was all on the account of my kids and their various activities. While unusual for me – I know lots of parents who cheerfully chauffeur their darlings round the county: football, dancing, Kumon, drama, swimming, athletics, chess, rugby, […]
The perils of the sleepover…
We’ve had sleepovers as a birthday celebration for Boy Two for a few years now.Last year, with the kids sleeping in two rooms I eventually had to turn off the wifi at about midnight to stop them Facetiming each other. I think they fell asleep and they certainly didn’t wake me.So Boy Two headed off […]
288/365 What happens when your family is a well-oiled machine?
No really? What happens, because I have no flipping idea. I picked up Boy Three and Boy Two from nursery today with high hopes of a freshly cooked supper and a contented evening. Boy Two was in the holiday afterschool club – not ACTUAL nursery – under huge sufferance and in a big strop. But boy Three was […]
Setting a good example…
218/365 They’re coming home…
No, not today’s photo. I haven’t sidled off to the seaside again. It was one from our Tiree adventure in June. Today I spent some time venturing into the wilderness that is my older sons’ bedrooms. I braved the discarded pants, Lego pieces and undergrowth of tangled cables to tidy up a bit. You see. They’re coming […]