boy one

Do you pay your kids for exam success?

December 8, 2014 By Ellen

Boy One is sitting his prelims at the moment. He tells me he’s worked hard and feels “enough nervous but not OMG nervous”. We’ve talked about planning his studies and preparing for the tests. Or rather, I’ve talked about it and he’s sighed and rolled his eyes. Then one day, just when I about to […]

Things I’ve learned from being an Aspie’s mum

April 5, 2014 By Ellen

Late, I know, but this week saw World Autism Awareness Day.Autism is in our lives as Boy One has Asperger’s Syndrome, or high functioning autism if that’s how you want to look at it. However, even though it’s as much a part of him has his red hair, it’s not something we take out and […]

My son is top of the crops again

January 6, 2014 By Ellen

Who, I hear you cry, is that handsome chap? He’s Boy One, just back from a surprising visit to the barber. For months he has hung on to his increasingly bushy barnet with all the enthusiasm of Samson. As far as everyone knew he was very attached to his mop. Here he was a couple […]

273/365 Happy Birthday Boy One

September 30, 2013 By Ellen

This time 14 years ago I was in a hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and a very small Boy One was in a cot next to me. I was a bit dazed, my beautifully structured birth plan and seemingly unshakable faith in my body’s ability to do the right thing had vanished. But […]

255/365 cool dude

September 12, 2013 By Ellen

Growing up isn’t a steady gradual rising from feral infanthood to measured adult. It’s happening in surprising spikes and bratty troughs.Boy One has started looking more young man than big boy these days. In the main. Sometime it starts to look like he knows his own mind. It’s only when children stop operating as a […]