Life is never dull when you are a parent that is for sure. Here are just a few of the strange questions that I have been asked over the last few weeks. “Mummy, you know the dead birds? Why would the…
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11,667 miles is how far my first-born is away from me at the moment. 11,667 miles. It doesn’t sound a lot if you say it really quickly. It’s not that far is it? Just under half the circumference of the…
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“I’ve got the gold leggings” These were the words I heard my eleven year old son shrieking yesterday afternoon. My other son and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows and then fell about laughing. My son has not…
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I am mummy, mum, mamma and mother. I am bottom wiper and teeth brusher, face cleaner and shoe scraper. I am cook, waitress and dishwasher. I am storyteller and writer, artist and creator. I am tear jerker and tear wiper….
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I often read reports about writing being the forgotten art and how the digital age spells doom for writing and spelling and I am surprised. Of course, the digital age hugely influences the younger generation and for some, they will…
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I am a failure. Most of the many and varied issues that are thrown in my direction on this journey we call parenting, I tackle with gritted teeth, determination, (sometimes fake) enthusiasm and a smile but one thing has completely…
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My husband took the children down to South Wales this weekend to see his parents and he decided to meet up with his brother and his children and go to Afan Argoed Country Park which is a few miles away…
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Before you think I have gone completely crazy, bedtimes have become a bit of a chore in this house since Christmas and on one of the many evenings spent pacing up and down after my children, I was quietly humming…
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Two weeks of illness. Two weeks!! It might be more than two weeks too as only three out of the five have been ill so far. Three weeks ago I mentioned to my husband that nobody had been ill so…
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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.
Nikki
