The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
One more week of school to go. Actually, just three days for us, thanks to inset days at the end of the week. The summer holidays are well and truly in sight. The children both seem to have really mixed feelings about it, which I wasn't quite expecti ...
I'm not entirely sure how it happened, but June sort of got away from me. So our family photos for the month were shifted ever so slightly into July. But better late than never, right?! We took these photos in a little hidden spot in Singleton park ...
In an ideal world our children would always listen and do the things we ask them to do without any fuss or bother. In reality though, it can be really difficult at times to get our children to do the things we want them to do. Whether it's tidying up ...
Does anyone else's child go through phases where, all of a sudden, they're obsessed with something again that they've not mentioned in months? Or years? This is why I can never throw anything away! Because I never know when the children might suddenl ...
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside! We had a really lovely evening making the most of where we live on Thursday last week. Rhys' cub pack arranged to have their meeting at the beach. So Nerys and I decided to tag along and have some fun too. ...
How often do you find yourself living for the weekend? Waking up on a Monday morning with that sinking feeling, and then counting down the days until Friday? Even as a parent when you don't really 'get' a weekend the same way you did before your chi ...
We had a bit of a shake up of our normal routine last week. I was called up for jury service, so it was Steve who did the school run every day. I think the children really loved having their Dad be the one to take them and pick them up for a change. ...