First day of school tears – the kid's and your own. I thought I understood that. It's a momentous occasion and everyone gets a little overwhelmed. But once the initial adjustment period is over, everyone is happy with the new arrangement. But I have friends who dread the beginning of the school year and desperately […]
This one is breaking my balls. And I think he senses it because every time I try to take a step back, he just takes another twenty forward until he is wrapped around me like a suffocating blanket of whiney need. Oh, I love him. That's not in question. And no-one makes me laugh […]
These two. Oh, man, these two. I know, I know, they have adorable little faces but I swear, they are testing me on every level. Thinking about the next two weeks of school holidays where it will be my responsibility to entertain them every.single.day. is making me anxious. Luca is five years old […]
Two years old, but on the precipice of three, life with Ziggy is…real. It's so real. But aside from his propensity for loud protest should a thing not be to his liking, this kid is a gem. Whip-smart and cheeky as they come. And always, always looking for another chance to snuggle on the […]
Running on the treadmill at the gym today (me! at the gym! TODAY!), I noticed two little boys out the window. They must have been around eight years old and each held a long stick in their hands that they were using to whack at the branches of a tree with the aim, I think, […]
Those of you who don't have a dishwasher may understand what I mean when I say I was in the middle of a "doing the dishes reverie." Scrubbing breakfast off cutlery is a mind-numbing task and one survives it only by going elsewhere in one's mind. I can't tell you exactly where I had […]
Yes! Here's some I prepared earlier! My boys. So huge now, so very grown up in comparison to their tiny baby sister. Since Harlow has arrived, Bren and I were expecting some kind of new baby fall-out. Jealousy, possessiveness, sly kicks to the baby's head when no-one's looking. You know, fall-out. But they've been incredible. […]
"Do you have a minute for a quick chat?" A seemingly innocuous question but my heart was instantly and uncomfortably in my mouth. "Sure!" I smiled nervously and followed Luca's 3-year-old pre-school teacher into her office. The last time she'd pulled me aside was to inform me that Luca had smacked a little girl in […]
