Category: Lockdown 2020

I’m Sorry

This one is for the first born, he’s had a rough couple of weeks and it’s not his fault. What kid isn’t struggling with it all right now? But I needed to remind him and […]

Swearing

I want to offer reassurance (mainly to my Dad) that I am not foul mouthed. You see he’s offered up his concerns and questioned where on earth I have learned to swear like a mother […]

One, Two, Three

Lets rewind a bit, it’s 2011, we’ve just bought our first house after spending years and years renting. We manage to save for a deposit, we didn’t go on holiday – EVER, we didn’t go […]

Roots and Eyebrows

During the lock down we have already seen the husband force/convince (whatever you’d call it) the first born to shave his head. This experience ended with the husband also sporting the stubbly bald look, basically […]

A Sad Feeling

The first born is sad. He went to bed and, just when we thought they must be asleep (based on the quietness level and lack of shouting) he let out a little whimper of ‘Dad!”. […]

The fun I have doing jobs

I often wonder whether I make things harder for myself. Then I realise that things are just harder because I have children, they require feeding, entertaining and 24 hour attention, they get sad if I […]

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 […]

Furlough

I, like many of my colleagues have been furloughed. A necessity to ensure businesses can survive and workers can continue to feed their families and generally pay the bills.  It’s a situation which isn’t ideal […]

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 […]