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Things I’ve learned from my children – the party version

May 5, 2018 By Ellen

It’s party time. Another rite of passage lately – the teenage party. The campaign began months before, a subtle and effective manoeuvring of the notion from a slight suggestion to an in-the-calendar fact. I tried to think of a reason to say no, but there really wasn’t one. The teen in question and his friends […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: birthday, boys, children, family, in my life, My Life, on my mind, parenting, party, police, Something happened in my life, teenager

Things I’ve learned since spring sprung

April 25, 2018 By Ellen

Months and months of cold and damp (and snow too), then all of a sudden, there’s bird on the wing and grass riz. My favourite season because, just for a while, I can persuade myself that there’s going to be an endless period of wearing shorts and loafing about during long balmy evenings. Balmy, I said. […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, health, McDonalds, other things I've learned, Penrith, snoring, Something happened in my life, things I've learned

The Great City Swap – monkeying around in Edinburgh

April 25, 2018 By Ellen

We did this in 2016, it’s time for a return visit to the zoo. It’s a refrain nearly as common as “muuuum, where is my….?” and it’s one that’s often harder to find an answer to. It’s this old chestnut: What are we going to do today? It’s particularly challenging in the Palace of Bundance because […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review Tagged With: boys, children, City Swap, Edinburgh, family, Glasgow, inspiration, Reviews, travel, zoo

What’s been going on since the snow?

April 5, 2018 By Ellen

It’s such a cliche, isn’t it? Starting a blog post with some sort of self-flagellation about being a second-rate blogger. Ho hum. So I won’t bother with that. Thing is though, I had no idea so much time had slithered away. Sure, I knew it had been a week or so, but not a month. […]

Filed Under: 365 photos, boys, family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: busy, busy weekend, cancer, children, Easter, family, fire, Glasgow, in my life, in the world, lake district, My Life, nightclub, Scotland, yoga

What did we learn from the snow then?

March 6, 2018 By Ellen

Well, wasn’t that strange? Half a week of mayhem all because it snowed for a few days. This is especially odd in Scotland where our normal position is to sneer at the ‘Soft Southerners’ who get their knickers in a knot over a bit of bad weather. It didn’t take long to slither down-hill from […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: blizzard, cabin fever, children, Christmas, family, humour, in my life, in the world, Scotland, snow, weather, work

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