Posts Tagged "School"

  • During our walk to school on Friday I thought I was going slightly mad.  I kept hearing strange beeping noises.  The 5 year old kept saying that she couldn’t hear anything and, well, the 4 year old is deaf again.
    For some reason I believed my 5 year old even though she was giving shifty sideways glances.
    When we got [...]

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  • Last week The Husband and I were invited into school to sample the school dinners on offer at the 5 year old’s school.
    The 5 year old was beyond excited at the prospect of actually sitting with Mummy and Daddy in the school hall. A little too excited.  The invite went out over a month ago and [...]

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  • 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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