As a general rule, I’m not a fan of Monday mornings. Who is? But since my biggest lad started school, I actually look forward to every second Monday morning. Why? I head into my son’s classroom and read with the kindy kids. It’s such a fabulous way to spend an hour. Here are the 5Read more
When is your family complete? How do you know when it’s time to put out the closed sign? For some it seems simple. After giving birth, often women declare they are ‘done’. I admire their decisiveness. For me, things are a little less black and white. I have three sons. Even when pregnant with the third,Read more
Want to hear my harebrained idea about parenting? It’s my ‘minus one theory’. How many kids have you got? It’s irrelevant really. I’ll bet that, for the average parent, attending to the daily drudgery of life is almost always easier when there is one less child in tow. When the littlest lad was born we hadRead more
Sometimes I feel like the biggest lad is two different children. One is a charming, delightful street angel. The other is a challenging, disruptive home devil. I’m sure it’s not a calculated thing but some days I am left scratching my head. The street angel On Thursday I collected the biggest lad from school. He wavedRead more
Heard of me made May? Unless you’re a sewer it’s probably not on your radar. Me made May is a challenge, largely on Instagram, where you aim to wear a certain number of ‘me made’ items each day. I thought I’d give it a shot this year. My target was to simply wear one me made itemRead more