With the primary school application deadline looming large for parents across the land this month, we’ve finally made school choices for our (really nearly) four-year-old…eeek. So here’s 21 thoughts on – finally – submitting the ‘big school’ application:
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First shoes, take two
Read moreBuying your child’s first pair of shoes is supposed to be an emotional experience, isn’t it? Well, we seem to be terrible at it. How can it be so hard, I hear you say? Surely you just go to the shop and buy a pair of shoes? Well.
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Mistakes I *definitely* won’t be making in 2016
Read more‘Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it’ – said by many, many people, according to the Internet Wise words, right? So in the spirit of new years, fresh starts and all that, here’s some things I absolutely, definitely won’t be repeating next year*:
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The one where I get locked out of the house
Read moreLast Friday morning our front door slammed, leaving me outside with one child, while the other child was inside, alone in the house, on the other side of the door she’d shut. ‘Oh…I’ll…call you back’ I said to my mum, who I was on the phone to at the time. Florence, who I was holding, poked…
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Five things from the weekend
Read more1) How is it only two minutes to Christmas? Does everyone have trees and presents all bought and wrapped (don’t tell me if you have)? I managed about five minutes of shopping on Saturday, and we now have festive fairy lights up with a tree date for this Friday. Last year we actually let toddler…
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Parkas for pram pushing and the park
Read moreDoes a perfect coat or parka exist for the intricacies of mumlife, and all the park trips, pram pushing and pavement pounding that it entails? I’ve written before about ‘mum’ dressing, but here’s some things about being a mum, and coats:
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