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This mother’s job

November 3, 2016 By Ellen

“Will we be on time?” Boy Two glances anxiously at the car click. It’s the weekend and we are driving to a snowboarding lesson. Instead of a calm reassurance, the poor boy gets a bit of a rant and then a lecture. The thing is – he knows when we’ve to be there and how […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, cleaning, family, housework, in my life, in the world, parenting, things I've learned

Spookily in disguise as a proper parenting blogger

November 2, 2016 By Ellen

 Did you have a good Halloween? I spent mine in an MLitt class with a lot of poetry in it followed by some chasing around the county collecting and dropping off children.    The poetry has the potential to be very scary – or not. Just when I think I’ve got the measure of it and […]

Filed Under: blogging, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, Halloween, MLitt, mummy bloggers, parenting, perfect parenting, working parent

When should children drink alcohol?

September 19, 2016 By Ellen

Now before you get all hot under the collar and suggest I’m advocating child abuse, would you like a drink? A refreshing G&T or perhaps a glass of something cold and white? You deserve one, it’s been a tough day. There’s something I’ve been struggling with. Here in Scotland, booze is a problem. It costs […]

Filed Under: alcohol, drink, family Tagged With: alcohol, boys, children, family, on my mind, parenting

Next stop… the classroom

August 11, 2016 By Ellen

Have you ever had a Wednesday that was doing its best to impersonate a Friday in all regards, except that there are still two full actual days to go until the weekend? That’s today, that is. Though while the weekend is a lovely place to be it does mean that the holidays are very nearly […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: boys, busy weekend, children, holiday, in my life, in the world, MLitt, My Life, on my mind, University

Looking in the mental handbag

August 3, 2016 By Ellen

Gah. Why is it that all those brilliant ideas you had for blog posts vanish as soon as you manage to get half an hour’s peace? It’s weird. I had so many things to say that would set the Internet on fire with their amazing insight. Now I don’t. In the absence of anything wiser, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, family, in my life, Nathan, on my mind, ramblings, School, summer

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