Tag: Lockdown

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 […]

When I grow up

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut or a race car driver. When I grow up I want to do something that makes lots of money, but it needs to be one […]

The ‘things to look forward to’ jar

Today my son’s teacher suggested the children might like to do an inspirational excise and create a ‘things to look forward to’ jar. Being keen on any work where the girl can also be involved […]

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 […]