Boy three has graduated. At the grand age of almost three he has moved from a cot and sleeping bad into a Big Boy bed under a quilt.We had been considering it for a while, mostly because he had grown so much. He was starting to look faintly silly in the same way a dainty […]
How do you spot a terrorist?
All Boy One’s own work. If you ask someone in security at Glasgow Airport they, apparently, would answer – he is 12, has Asperger’s and is fixated with cake decorating. Really. Yesterday I dropped the big Boys off at the airport so they could fly to spend a few days with their dad in Wales. They […]
To whom it may concern, I’m fed up
I know life ain’t fair and you don’t get nothing for nothing these days. And that into every life a little rain must fall…But enough now. I’ve been very tolerant through the whole of the recession/downturn/economyturnedtoshit stuff. This has been going on for far too long.There have been excuses and scapegoats – Fred the Shred, […]
Silent Sunday
Review: The science of balls under the sofa
Wild Science – Hyperlauncher Rocket Ball FactoryBoth Boys One and Two are partial to a little boffinery, unfortunately, so is Boy Three given half a chance.Thus it was that the science lab was set up in granny’s utility room. The boys were using the Hyperlauncher Rocket Ball Factory to explore the properties of bouncy balls […]
The Hunger Games – I’m glad I took the children.
What do the photos on your mobile say about you?
Have you ever taken a little wander back through the photos on your phone? Snappy snaps just to send someone, something that takes your fancy for a moment or something else. Flicking through mine the other day, I was struck that there were several themes. First, the sleeping boy. Then some you could call pretty […]
