Category: Kids

Water and Kids

The girl cannot leave the house without turning on the outside tap as she passes it, full blast, getting soaked and then needing a change of clothes, shoes etc. She will play in the garden […]

The Girl

I don’t often get overly emotional when watching TV, films and You Tube cat videos, that sort of stuff. But there are a couple of occasions where I have felt the face sting and had […]

The first born is 7!

Bloody hell where did the last seven years go? It feels like it was only a week ago that we came home from the hospital with this little squished up bab6 version of ET. We […]

A Shaving Good Time

My husband has convinced the first born to shave his head.  To be honest the style he had going on wasn’t all that bad but for some reason my husband was itching to get the […]

Is working from home easier?

Working from home is great. I get to work in my PJ’s, drink undefined amounts of tea and unload the washing machine when it beeps. But since this lock down stuff happened I feel like […]

George

In addition to the many children living in my house there is George.  George is no problem and if all my kids were like George life would be pretty fucking sweet.  George (or possibly Georgina, […]

Mum on a ledge

Even though I am a self -confessed anti-social who generally avoids talking to real life people I do miss elements of my life pre-isolation.  For example, routine, I miss actually going into the office, having […]

Day 657 of Isolation

The Fantasy So, we start the day with Yoga, then we do some school work followed by creative time with an online art class. Then there is PE, a walk outside in some jazzy leggings, […]

Change is a comin’

Big change is coming.  No longer can I go out and live the crazy, manic and joy filled social life I have been living for the past 7 years. I can no longer go to those big […]

Baby’s first birthday!

It’s Mother’s Day but it’s also the little one’s first birthday, so obviously Mother’s Day doesn’t count in our house today.  I think this may be the first of many birthdays in isolation for us, luckily the little one doesn’t have a […]