Posts Tagged "School"

  • After all the palaver and worry of this post …
    Teacher Friend Mother of 3, who may now be renamed ‘Bargain Hunter of the Century’ managed to get an Alien dressing up outfit for a fabulous £2 … yes that’s right, 2 golden coins. 
    It also comes with some gloves but as we were getting ready to [...]

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  • Fancy dress is one of the many, many banes of my life.
    World Book Day is this Thursday.  Every year the school gives the kids a theme for fancy dress, the parents are told not obsess over it and not to spend any money.  This is fine if you are all creative and able to sew … and [...]

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  • Monday – I nearly crashed the car.  The car slid down a hill as I was approaching a junction and I had to mount the pavement to stop killing the person/s in the car infront … Sod the pedestrians (of which, before you start, there were none).  The children found this inpromptu off-roading too exciting and cheered whilst I muttered [...]

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  • So, the end of another festive season.
    We’ve opened presents, eaten all the Quality Street, celebrated the New Year, had a few hangovers, eaten lots of sprouts, I’ve *shock horror* nearly finished reading my book, watched LOADS of films … and now it’s time to go back to reality.
    School and work are looming large on the [...]

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  • When I picked the children up from school the 3 year old proudly showed me a reflector for his coat that had been given out by his nursery teacher. The 5 year old was clearly miffed.
    5 year old – But I want one of those

    Me – They were given out to the nursery children, [...]

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  • On Monday the Stunt Boy struck again.  He fell off a section of the adventure playground at the 5 year old’s school.  He hit his ribs on a circular piece of wood and landed on the floor.  Winded and clearly in agony I wondered if I should take him to the hospital. 
    Once home the crying subsided, [...]

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  • So, I got a handle on the eye wrinkles, albeit a psychological one. I am using the ‘If I am applying the cream then there can be no further wrinkles’ approach.
    I had another birthday last month, I am now 31 years old. Of course with this quiet passing of birthdays I discovered that I like [...]

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