My defining mummy moment might seem a fairly unremarkable It happened a couple of weeks ago. It was a chilly Saturday morning and we were taking our two younger sons to play football. We were running late, as usual, and…
My eldest son turned sixteen last month and as I have been stumbling blindly through the wilderness that is parenting a teenager, I have learnt that, though it is good to talk to them (or at them as is often…
I think that I have normal children. Well normal sized children, anyway! I’m not sure the word ‘normal’ would be a suitable description of my little darlings. However, I didn’t have sex with a seven-foot large headed alien (or at…
I have given this blog prompt a lot of thought. It’s a big thing isn’t it – isn’t it? So this is my take on the whole thing. Dreams. Well, I have a dream… A dream of one day writing…
I recently started taking my daughter to a mother, sorry parent and toddler swimming group. I love it. I don’t love having to step out in public in my swimming costume. But we sing songs and do lovely games and…
Once upon a time, before endless child producing, I was a French Teacher. I love French and I love France. In fact, if I could have convinced my husband, we would have moved there a few years ago. He wasn’t…
We have trouser issues in our house at the moment. OR at least my six-year-old son has trouser issues. In fact, he has clothes issues. He loves nothing better than to strip naked at any opportunity, wear pants on his…
An interesting question, I know and one I have had to consider a lot recently, thanks to two of my lovely sons. Until just under two years ago, life was simple. I had three boys and with all of them,…
Have a long soak in the bath. Instead of the two minute shower I take on a daily basis, if I’m lucky. A bath full to the top of warm bubbly water, where I am not sitting on little plastic…
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
