I do love my eldest son even though there are those darkest of days when he does try his utmost to make it a real challenge. I know all the stuff about teenage brains and hormones and yes whilst I…
Read More »There are days when I simply get fed up of the fight. You know the one; the one where your children just seem to want a battle at every turn. It is just too exhausting and the bizarre thing is…
Read More »So how long can you get away with the ‘baby brain’ excuse? I used it recently when I had forgotten to take in some forms to school. “Oh I must have baby brain!” I uttered. The receptionist and all of…
Read More »“Everyone tells lies don’t they?” This was my nine year old son’s answer to a recent conversation we had about telling lies. “You tell lies sometimes!” This was his reply when I tried to explain for the tenth time, why…
Read More »Parenting is a funny old thing really. It has its ups and its downs, its highs and its lows and however much you despair at the downs and the lows, the rewards of being a parent are incredible. I moan…
Read More »Over the last few weeks, I have had the dilemma that I had been dreading. I returned to work in January as a teacher and hubby is also a teacher, so what do we do if one of the children…
Read More »Today I had a list of about a thousand things to do. Housework, school work, shopping, planning, sorting myself out for my insane climb up Mount Snowdon on Saturday. Did I do any of it? I did not. I looked…
Read More »A strange title for a post I know, but this is a phrase that I would use to describe my life right now. Well, actually, it describes my life pretty much all the time. I live my life by the…
Read More »Recently, I have heard some stories about children that have really shocked me and this has really made me think about what the wonders of technology is really doing to our children. One of them being a new so called…
Read More »
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
