This is what happens when you try and get a 'nice' photo of your 4 year old heading off to his first day in reception! Happily, he did go on to smile nicely for me - you can see the 'good' photo here!
A haiku about starting school
I was planning on writing a proper blog post about Rhys starting reception class at school, or perhaps an open letter to him about it. Who knows, maybe I still will in a few days. But the words won't come quite yet. I think I'm still processing the w ...
Do the thing
I did something this weekend that I'm really quite proud of. I drove to somewhere new for the first time, on the other side of town. Now, I realise this probably isn't a big deal for most of you! But for me, this was huge. I've spent the last 10 ...
Don’t take my photo! (Wicked Wednesdays)
That moment when your Mum's been busy taking photos of you and your brother for the past hour and you've just about had enough. Yeah, that! Generally my children are fab about having their photo taken, but some days enough is enough! ...
Enjoy the little things
I wrote yesterday about how the seemingly 'nothing' days often end up being the best days, and I really do believe that to be true. I mean, obviously the BIG days are amazing, the fun trips out with the kids, the excitement of going somewhere new. ...
‘Nothing’ days are often the best days!
We had a real 'nothing' day the other day. The weather was pretty miserable so we didn't fancy going out anywhere, so instead we stayed home. We watched Rio, we pottered about, we built houses out of mega blocks, we cwtched on the sofa. It was a ...
This is why we can’t have nice things! (Wicked Wednesdays)
What's that lovely hand-shaped mark on my sofa? Oh, just a white chocolate hand print. Seems that Nerys likes to hold on to her chocolate just long enough for it to melt all over her hands before eating it! This is why we can't have nice things ...