We’re all feeling uprooted at the moment. We’re living in a kind of limbo. Someday – hopefully soonish – we’ll be uprooting our family from our home in North Cornwall to a new house near Falmouth. The actual move still…
back to school
How to survive the school run
Me and the school run have a love/hate relationship. This morning has been pretty awful. My girl went crazy with the surgical tape in bed last night (now safely back in the first aid kit). She stuck strip after strip…
How to survive the Furious Fours (kinda)
It’s been a truly horrible morning. Who knew that buttoning a cardigan could cause so much anger, frustration and distress? But it can when there’s a four-and-a-half-year-old involved. At least when it’s my four-and-a-half-year-old. My daughter is going through what…
Back to school (sniff)
My lovelies went back to school this morning. Yes, it’s still August. Yes, that is really, really early. But that’s how things are. With a stoicism that would have impressed any Ancient Athenian, there was not one single tear and…