Happy birthday to my beautiful girl, 12 today. And how that time has flown! On the one hand, I can’t quite believe that my baby girl is 12 today, it seems so grown up. And yet on the other, I can see how much older she looks these days, the changes in her as she …
Somehow the time has come for my daughter to start secondary school. Given that I’m quite sure she only recently started primary school, I’m a tad baffled as to how this has happened. Her first day was on Friday, though she was only in for an hour and a half. She met her tutor, her …
We have a birthday boy in our house today. Yes, Little Man is 9 years old today, and he is not all that little! Today is a day he has counted down to for weeks, he is so excited. It’s a special day for him, and today also sees Boo starting secondary school, so it’s …
This is a collaborative post Parents play a huge role in the development of their kids, including their speech. The age when children begin to talk varies, but they usually start to form words from one to one-and-a-half years old. As they reach two, parents understand 50% of what they say and progress to 75% …
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We were compensated for this post It’s my son’s birthday coming up, he’ll be 9 years old. I’m finding it trickier to come up with gift ideas for him with each passing year and from chatting to other parents, I know I’m not alone in this. Today I thought I’d share a few suggestions for …
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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 …
