Where were you when Kate and Wills got hitched? It’s going to be one of those – Chas and Di, Di dead, Piper Alpha, Dunblane or 9/11 questions. I’m quite pleased my children will remember that they were on the sofa with their mother. I started my day about as ambivalent as a person can […]
How can I cure a picky eater?
Food, for me, is one of life’s joys. I’ve never understood pickiness, it’s all marvellous to me. A decade or so ago, I fully anticipated family meals of the future where my children happily tucked in to whatever tasty treat I’d rustled up, turning their noses up at breadcrumbed pap in favour of sophisticated flavours. […]
Silent Sunday
Is there ever an excuse for bad manners?
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 […]
Dobble delight in a tin
When they say a change is as good as a rest they’re wrong…
Things I’ve learned from our trip to Haven Holiday’s Burnham-on-Sea camp Little will deter a nearly two year old hell bent on escape. That’s it really. Boy Three will go pretty much where Boy Three wants and there’s not much we can do about it. Ensuite facilities should be a human right. I know it’s […]
Silent Sunday
Questions and answers meme
I’ve always secretly quite liked a good questionnaire. Perhaps I’m so shallow that the few moments in the spotlight – even it if it a DLA application form – make me feel important. Before my inbox fills with eHowlers, it’s a joke – the DLA application form is a horrible horrible thing and the reason […]