Things I’ve learned from my children today. Just how much vomit can come out of a baby. And with so little warning. It seems something like norovirus is stalking the corridor of this particular semi-detached house. One minute Boy Three was bouncing on the childminder’s trampoline and the next he was showering me with half […]
Erotic loaf, a night on the coke and the summit of the cot
Things I’ve learned from my children today Some bakeries are better than sliced bread.Boy One was doing his homework and I was loading the dishwasher. Dishwasher loading now has to be done with much stealth and silence as the slightest clatter and Boy Three hirples through to get in with the pans which probably isn’t […]
I’m playing away today
Raise your flag even if you live in Scotland
Desperate woman needs time-saving tips
Seeing advice from the Department of Slackery and General Half Heartedness In the hurly-burly of everyday life, it seems to have become increasingly difficult to find time. It’s odd, really – there are still 86,400 seconds in a day, but lately they are as hard to catch hold of as children at bedtime. Maybe it’s […]
Drinking, rodent dentists and death threats
Things I’ve learned from my children today You can lead a Boy to the bath, but you can’t stop him drinking. Boy three is picking up new skills at an alarming rate. He’s now a proficient clapper, climber and fridge raider. He can also say “Hello”, Tellytubby style. But the skill he’s currently most pleased […]
Nuts in may? Au contraire fairly sane and quite chipper
Things I’ve learned in May.You can’t keep a climber downBoy Three is already following in his brother’s footsteps and showing a tendency to clamber, climb and generally get up places he shouldn’t. I watched him push – and remember he can’t walk unaided yet – a side table up to the bookcase, then climb onto […]