Grumpy Doughnut Days

Grumpy Doughnut Days

You know when you’re being grumpy, as in you’re being a total miserable mare but you just can’t seem to stop? Yeah? No? Just me then. Most of the time I’m a cheery person who’s fun to be around. Occasionally though I become possessed by a...
The Nit Wars

The Nit Wars

As usual this morning I woke up and spent a moment checking my twitter feed. I tweeted “The sun is shining and life is good”. So I suppose you could say that I asked for what happened next. That I requested a downgrade on my day by being a little bit too...
Wonder Girl Takes Over My World

Wonder Girl Takes Over My World

Three children in and I thought I had age two mastered. I foolishly imagined I had age two strategies all prepared and at the first sign of trouble I would go into well experienced Mum mode and my toddler would fall into line. Wrong. Wonder Girl is something else...
Soft Play, Or Every Parents Least Favourite Place To Go

Soft Play, Or Every Parents Least Favourite Place To Go

It’s half term and today was wet and windy. Having spent yesterday lounging around, watching TV and having a slummy mummy day I knew I would need to get the children out of the house today. Wet weather and restless children pointed towards soft play as the...
Kid’s Cinema

Kid’s Cinema

Recently we discovered that our local cinema offers showings of children’s films on weekend mornings for only £1.50 per ticket. Since it would normally cost us over £40 to all go to the cinema this is an absolute bargain. The other (less obvious) advantage to...