I rarely get a night out these days but last weekend I got to go to a family party. To start with I need to plan it with military precision I don’t want them wearing their finery til the last minute otherwise you know they’ll end up with chocolate fingerprints all over themselves. So I get … More A Night Out – Family Style
Being 3 is great. So carefree and everything is fun. Here are the some of the awesome things you can do when you’re 3. ∗ You can run around in your pants and say ‘no’ in your best ear drum bursting screech to anyone wanting to get you dressed. If you really want to get something … More Things You Can Do When You’re 3
If you’re anything like me then your handbag will be full of crap. Here are ten random things in my handbag! 1. Breakfast biscuits, pretty normal you may think. Sadly they have been squished to some kind of cardboard coloured dust. They are emergency ones though so they have to stay because you just never … More Ten random things in my handbag
I’ve not joined in with Wicked Wednesdays for a little while but this week I have a pic to link up with Em at BrummyMummyof2! Because sometimes you just can’t fight your inner Mr Bean 🙂
School runs aren’t that much fun at the best of times but wet and windy school runs are wank and here’s why… 1. You can’t carry an umbrella. It turns inside out, you feel a total knob and you can’t hold more than one little hand. 2. If you wear a coat with a furry … More Wet And Windy School Runs
I have a work colleague who I have a giggle with and she’s notorius for saying “I hate this” and “I hate that” so it got me thinking about the things that genuinely wind me up. Spitting You dirty, dirty, DIRTY disgusting human being. There’s never an excuse for this. Ever since I was a sweet … More Things that drive me round the bend!
Funny how much stupid stuff was rumoured when we were kids and when you’re young you believe all sorts of nonsense. Every school/town/city has it’s own “urban myths” and ours was just the same. This post was inspired by Julian at Northern Dad Blog with his post about school in the 80’s it’s hilarious, have … More Crap we believed as kids!
I’ve noticed I’ve been posting increasingly random tweets lately so I thought I’d do a little post about the story behind the tweet. Seriously though the whole 10 minutes I was in the shower this happened.How hard is it to have a shower without some bugger deciding they need to be in there … More The Story Behind The Tweet
Sat watching my kids playing I found myself feeling a little sad and missing the days when you could just play without giving a stuff and lose yourself in your own imagination. These are the things I miss about my childhood! Goonies never say die Pretending we were members of the Goonies and riding our … More Things I Miss About My Childhood
I’ve worked in customer service roles for around 20 years and in my current job we have training every so often to make sure we’re all singing from the same hymn sheet and giving great service to all customers. Some of the sessions made me think how this these skills extend to the kids. Think you’ve … More Customer Service – Parent Style
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