1994 was the summer that Max and i got together; i have fond memories of curling up on his bed, beers in hand and watching the football, something that was a complete mystery to me because despite having grown up with a sports journalist for a dad, it had never really been on while i [...]

I feel like our days don’t blog well at the moment; i don’t get time to pontificate the way i’d like to, or write meaningful posts about what we do, or why, or how and how it relates to my parenting, or my view of HE and how it has changed over 4, nearly 5 [...]

Girls came home with Blue Rosette Awards for tap today. Again, utterly no idea what that means, but they were delighted with them and the silky banner they get to put them on Dance school managed to spell both their names wrong, so both need new ones making, *sigh* but nevermind. Roll:
After an absolutely [...]

tee hee hee…. not thick after all
Love the 20 calculations one, best today was 17 seconds and love the word memory one too; i’ve managed 23 but i’m sure i could do far better.

We’ve had a delightful weekend with the TRBs here and we’ve all done as people do when they get together with good friends; children surpassed themselves as only children can by playing fantastically with each other, rather more as kids who see each other weekly, than as ones who see each other a few times [...]

Feel like we’ve had a really solid week this week, not the most attnetion grabbing i suppose, but good in its own way. I suppose it was outside of my mindset to imagine having fun with a maths project, but effectively that is what we’ve done and we’ve been enjoying it lots. I’ve loved their [...]

This morning i grabbed a quick shower while the kids played. During that time i got asked…
“Mummy, if i do a poo, can you wipe my bottom?” (No, I’m in the shower.)
“Mummy, can we start fractions now?” (No, I’m in the shower.)
“Mummy…. you said you’d make me purple juice!” ( I’m in the shower!)
“Mummy, can [...]