I’m sitting here blushing. Yes, actually. With a proper red face. I think I’ve got away with it because my colleagues will probably think it’s a hot flush. The reason is a post I wrote this week for Ready for Ten about the funny things parents do – me particularly. I talked about the time […]
Kids and the news: it started with Maddie for us
How much news do you let your kids see or hear? My big Boys’ awareness of the current affairs world probably started when Maddie went missing. Her plight struck a chord with them. Now they read First News, watch Newsround and know what happened at the general election. In this house they don’t really get […]
Fish and Chip Friday is important
A month for springing forward… no?
Things I’ve learned during April The train makes for a very smooth transition for the big Boys from their dad’s. I’ve written before about the trials of transitionitis at Readyforten. So when the ash clouds stranded the Boys at Euro Disney, poor lambs, and they had to come back by train I thought I was […]
Songs for a bloggy birthday
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear blo-og, happy birthday to you. My blog is very nearly three years old. Since April 2007 it has grown from a feeble, unformed babe in arms to a stroppy toddler who knows perfectly well how to get into the biscuit tin by herself and […]