An answer for everything, fiercely determined to always have the last word and far too clever for your own good but sometimes when you laugh at the silliest things, I catch a glimpse of the child you still are. Everything…
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Coats? Why would you even need to wear a coat? Secondary school obviously creates a warm glow in kids which enables them to tackle all weathers without ever wearing a coat as the minute they move schools, it is not…
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I have been asking myself this question a lot recently, which may seem a little strange but we have come to that time in my son’s life when he “can no longer live” without a decent phone. I am pretty…
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I wonder how many times you hear that word as a parent. Quite a few I would imagine. As a toddler, “more” must be one of the first words that a child can say. It is easy to say and…
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What has summer 2015 taught me? That six and a half weeks holiday is a very long time. I like my children a tiny bit more when they are at school. Eleven year old boys can talk about their hair nonstop…
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Here we are again. It is a familiar story; the children are at school and we have record-breaking temperatures and enough warm sunshine to ensure that our little lovelies return home sweaty and bad-tempered. We rub our hands with glee…
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The screens are down, I repeat the screens are down. Switched off, packed away and only allowed for a very short amount of time each day. So determined am I to be rid of the screens, I have been looking…
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I need a pause button. Everything seems to be happening so quickly. Everything seems to be changing. Faces in photos stare back at me like strangers. Those small smiling children with cute faces and cheeky smiles that once shared my…
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A couple of years ago, I did a review of a wall sticker which contained a set of family rules. The rules were positive and sweet and it is still sitting in a prominent place in the kitchen and I…
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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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