Parent Gossip

Witchling 10    ‘Are you wearing your uppy bums today mummy?’
Moi                  ‘Err, no. Not today.’
Witchling 10    ‘I won’t wear uppy bums when I get grown up’
Moi                  ‘Really? And why is that?’
Witchling 10    ‘They’re all itchy and like string up your bottom! I will wear sensible pants.’

At 7.30am on a Monday morning, this can [...]

In the news today is the expected announcement by the Scottish Government that all 5 to 7 year olds in Scotland will soon receive fee school meals. A pilot scheme running in primary schools in East Ayrshire, Fife, West Dumbartonshire, Glasgow and the Borders has proved extremely successful and the scheme is now set to [...]

SO, you’ve been up since before dawn running around changing nappies, running baths, shovelling weetabix in the general direction of one or more little people and the ironing still needs doing because the slightly less little people need fresh school uniform and the swimming kit has STILL not materialised.  You have baby drool drying in [...]