The Gallery: The letter ‘C’
C is for children and childhood. C is for cameras and chocolate and the cinema. All things that matter to me, all things that I…
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Happy birthday, beautiful boy
My beautiful baby boy is very nearly 9 years old. I know we always say it, but where did that time go? How did he…
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The Gallery: Yellow
My younger son loves yellow. It is his absolute favourite colour. And I love that it’s his favourite colour because it’s not boring or predictable….
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Beware! Killer Tomatoes by Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong is possibly my favourite of all children’s authors. For others I love see here and here Jeremy Strong writes great slapstick books for…
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The worst birthday ever
While reflecting the other day on the fact that my birthday this year might be a bit crap read about it here, I remembered my…
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Why my birthday is going to be a bit crap
I’m 39 next week. I’m not sure how that crept up on me really. Not the 39 bit, the next week bit. I hadn’t noticed…
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Birth of a beautiful boy
My biggest boy is 11 today. I can’t believe that. To celebrate, as I did with my other children, I am sharing his birth story…
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Disorganised birthday
It’s my son’s 11th birthday tomorrow and I’m not ready. Not emotionally. Physically. I’m disorganised and I hate it. It’s not me. I take birthdays…
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Birthday drive
We take birthdays quite seriously in our house. We’ve never gone in for the big boozy birthday weekends, what with me being teetotal, but we…
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Birth of a beautiful girl
The most beautiful girl in the world came into my life six years ago today. It was love at first sight. Unlike when her brothers…
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