Senior Moments
I used to teach a lovely man who was in his eighties. He spoke French really well and enjoyed having conversation lessons but every now and then he would screw his face up with extreme frustration when a word or…
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Let Us Tell You A Story …
Have you ever made up a story with your friends, taking it in turn to write a line in the story? Well Laura from Tired Mummy Of Two decided that it would be good fun for a group of bloggers…
Read More »Goodbye Gromit
Looking back at my photos of the summer holidays, one thing dominated our collection and that thing was Gromit. The city of Bristol was filled daily with hundreds, maybe even thousands of people clutching maps and searching for Gromits. The…
Read More »Walking to School: Safety Tips
One of the downsides of choosing a school that is several miles away, means that walking to school is not something we ever get to do. We do often have to walk down through the village to get to the…
Read More »What is your best driving view?
I spend a lot of time in my car. Too much time. Driving to school, then to play group, then to work. On top of that are the endless drives to the supermarket and to town. We drive to Wales…
Read More »The early onset of Christmas
The kids are all back at school, the nights are drawing in, we are all twitching as we pass by the heating thermostat as we pull on our cardies and brace the autumn winds and rain and out there in…
Read More »Going home?
Yesterday was a weird day. We had had a relaxing couple of days relaxing in South Wales at my in laws and we were leaving the children there for a couple of days as both my husband and I were…
Read More »Dealing with House Dust Mite Allergies
Until L was six years old, he didn’t sleep terribly well and up until that point, I could probably count the number of times he had slept through the night on one hand. It was only when my husband read…
Read More »Which land would you choose?
It was a monumental moment in our house today as my husband read the final chapter of the final book in the Magic Faraway Tree book to the boys. He has been reading the books to them on and off…
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