The time has come. My daughter leaves primary school this week. The end of an era is upon us. I vividly remember when she started school. How can that be so many years ago now? At 4 years old, there was no doubt in my mind that she was ready for school. I wasn’t, I …
My brother and his wife have just welcomed their first child into the world, my adorable little niece. As I see them embark upon their parenting journey, it has me reflecting on my own. You just figure out so much along the way, you forget all that you have learned over the years, so I …
This is sponsored content When Raja Workplace got in touch with us to share our home learning experiences, I realised just how big a part of our year this has been. Home learning has come in different forms for us over the past year. Last year, from late March through to September, I had the …
There are mixed feelings in this household, as we go into the final few weeks of this school year. The kids are actually home with me today, teacher training day, and then they’ll be back to it tomorrow, into their last half term of this year. Little Man has been asking me just how many …
This is a collaborative post Has your tween or teen been coming to you asking for their own mobile phone as of late? Do the majority of their friends now have mobile phones, and your child says they are feeling left out? The fact is that more and more tweens and teens are starting to …
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The kids and I went out recently. Which under recent circumstances was actually unusual. We’d forgotten about going out, it’s been a while. It was an uneventful trip, nothing to tell really. So why am I talking about it? Because it was uneventful, that’s just it. Somehow, somewhere along the way, the kids have grown …
This is a collaborative post Bedtime is often like wartime in many households, as parents and kids battle one another in something as simple as going to sleep. Unfortunately, some experts have said that the coronavirus pandemic has severely affected children’s sleep patterns, so making sure they get a good night’s sleep has never been …
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Today is the day. Today is the day that we have been waiting for. Looking forward to? I’m not quite sure, actually. Today is the day that news of the secondary school places are released. We want to know what will be happening, my daughter wants to find out where she’ll be spending the next …
Is it half term yet? Nearly, the end is in sight! How’s everyone doing? How is the homeschooling going? As you can probably tell by the title of this post, I am more than ready for half term. This half term has been hard. It has felt soooo long. Homeschool is quite different to when …
I cannot be the only one who sees all of the ‘me-time’ memes and thinks ‘how’? Or reads all about how important it is to take care of yourself first, because, ‘you can’t pour from an empty cup’, whilst flailing around and juggling dozens of tasks? No, I thought not, we’re all in this one …
It’s here, it’s rolled around already. It’s secondary school application time for Boo. I vividly remember choosing her primary school, the years have really flown by. I remember touring the primary school and just knowing that it was the right one for her. I also remember having that moment of realisation that this was also …
Today my girl turns 11 years old. I know, I know, I say it every year, but how is this possible? She was only just toddling around, it was only a few months ago that she started school, surely? And yet here she is, in her final year at primary school, and we’re about to …
How can this be? How can my baby boy already be turning 8? Yes, Little Man is 8 years old today, and he is really not so little any more! This is a big week in our house, as the kids are back at school for the first time since March and we are celebrating …
The kids are going back to school next week, and I feel a bit strange about it all, to be honest. They have been off since March, that is a long time. We have found a rhythm, we have little routines that we are used to, there are things that we are going to miss. …
This is a collaborative post Once you have kids in the house, everything changes. Although you will have to baby-proof the house before your baby arrives, you need to keep the home safe as they grow up. As they get older, they will wander off to discover new things, hang onto things as they try …
Another month, another siblings update. Here we are in mid-August and it seems strange to think that I’ve had these two as my constant companions for almost five months now and only have a couple of more weeks with them around all day, if all goes well with schools reopening. Whilst I’m looking forward to …
