There has been something unusual happening in Bristol this summer. Strangely coloured statues of dogs popping up everywhere. Lots of people wandering around with maps. It is called Gromit Unleashed and it is a trail of 80 large statues of…
Read More »So it is that time of the year – back to school. Children everywhere are lurking beneath their duvets wanting the holidays to last a bit longer and parents are going crazy trying to get everything organised. This is my…
Read More »L’s eight birthday party has been the cause of much discussion in this house lately. He is the only one of my four children to have a summer birthday and rather than go and party in a sweaty playbarn or…
Read More »You know how people are always trying to come up with amazing inventions? Well, I have a suggestion; how about a small alarmed device that goes off right at that point when their tiredness levels peak at that point that…
Read More »We all have off days don’t we? You know those days where you would like to have a remote controller that could mute and maybe even pause the children and their noise for just a few minutes so that you…
Read More »I spent a lovely morning last week helping out at A’s play group and once I had removed her from my leg and convinced her that me being there didn’t mean that she had to be permanently attached to me,…
Read More »I was explaining to the boys this afternoon on the way home from school what the word ‘evasion’ means. I explained that it meant avoiding something and that if someone was evasive, they would often avoid something. R as per…
Read More »The boys were chatting in the car today about someone in their school whose behaviour had taken a turn for the worst. The child in question’s parents have recently split up which the boys know about and I pointed out…
Read More »There are days when I simply get fed up of the fight. You know the one; the one where your children just seem to want a battle at every turn. It is just too exhausting and the bizarre thing is…
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Nikki, mum of four, wife, teacher, writer and drinker of many cups of tea. This blog is pretty much anything that pops into my head, an eclectic mix of family life and lots more. Grab a cuppa and have a read.
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