Life used to be so simple. I was mum. I fed, bathed, clothed, entertained, taxied, calmed. I looked after the house; hoovered, flicked the duster around occasionally, half heartedly did some ironing, cooked and sometimes sat down and had a…
Read More »I am at that scary point in my ‘journey’ as a parent where my eldest son is gearing up to go off and make his own way in the world. It is amazing and worrying and completely unchartered waters for…
Read More »So A started ballet last week. I was totally against ballet for many years as after having three boys everyone said to me when A was born that I would have to get used to doing things like ballet. Being…
Read More »The time has finally come. Eighteen years, four children and many sleepless nights have passed but the time has come. I want my bed back. It really is quite literally years since I have had a run of nights where…
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…
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One of the low points of the summer holidays for me is the point where I finally have to admit defeat and drag my unwilling children through the doors of a shoe shop. You would think that it is a…
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Summer nights; blissful evenings filled with summer sunshine with nothing better to do than sit in the garden, soaking up the rays and relaxing with a chilled glass of white wine and a nice book. Does that sound familiar? No?…
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 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…
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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
