End of term came along and we all welcomed it with open arms after what feels like the longest term ever. I am desperately trying to get into some sort of festive mood but it is eluding me at the…
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“I am not five mummy, I am nearly six!” I have heard these words a few times lately. We are now into the final (six week) countdown to the ‘big day’ and excitement levels are getting high. Birthdays are oh…
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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 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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Last Sunday I took the children to our favourite park. It is surrounded by rolling hills and stunning countryside and it is a place where you take a deep breath filled with fresh country air and get ready to play….
Read More »Milestones are so important when you children are small. You count them up and show them off as much as possible and then as your children start to get older, the milestones seem to become less significant. There are less of…
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Yes I know, I know, I don’t look young enough to have a child of eighteen (even though I feel about eighty myself most days) but I do. Yesterday, the teenager officially became a man, which is a very scary…
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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
