I’m still slightly in shock that another year has passed by. How did that happen? It only feels like five minutes since we were saying goodbye to 2016. I probably thought the same thing at that point too. So that…
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My daughter has only ever really experienced ‘proper’ snow when she was 2 years old. I can remember her rosy cheeks and woolly hat, whizzing along on the sledge but of course, she has no recollection. There was a brief…
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If you thought getting toddlers to go to bed was tricky, you want to try a teenager for size. Let me tell you a story about the teenager and the battle at bedtime. Bedtime battles are a daily occurrence in…
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People told me that this day would come. Parents of older girls would look admiringly at my daughter in her beautiful dresses when she was younger with a sigh, assuring me that as she got older, her love affair with…
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Every year when I’m a Celebrity comes on, we are all excited to see who is facing the jungle challenge this year but we often comment on the fact that with some of the campmates, the use of the word…
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A few years ago, I was chatting to a lady on a train about family life and I was complaining about the fact that I never managed enough sleep. “I can tell you the secret of getting a good night’s…
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Sleep deprivation was the one thing that I was never really prepared for when I became a parent. It can feel like torture. Each time I had a baby I found that the hardest bit. Whilst waking in the night…
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This whole parenting thing is all about raising successful adults, isn’t it? That is what I am thinking and worrying about on a daily basis. Yes, they need to be kids, enjoy their lives, have fun, etc, etc but surely…
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When the teen started middle school three years ago, he came home excitedly one day clutching a letter about a sports tour school trip to Spain. It was a rugby and netball tour which wasn’t going to take place until…
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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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