Parent Gossip

The Witchlings are having swimming lessons. They have been going for a few weeks now and are really starting to get into the swim of things (sorry but I couldn’t resist that one!). Witchling 12 is in a lower group than Witchling 10. This is mostly because she didn’t like water when she came to [...]

What’s a paparazzi mum?
This was the question I was hit with as we got changed for swimming on Sunday.  I’m not certain where the term was picked up from but the Witchlings really REALLY wanted to find a context to use their new word in.  They grasped the idea that it is a photographer and [...]

There have to be rules. Some people have strict codes of conduct dictated by their culture or comandments handed down by their relicgion. Others are more liberal and have fluid, organic guidelines. But at the end of the day, we all live by some form of rules. The alternative is absolute chaos and anarchy (a [...]

It’s such a challenge to be the best dressed mum on our block, and the recession isn’t making it any easier!
As a responsible adult and parent, during troubled economic times, I am trying in every way I can, to cut corners financially, tighten belts, make certain that the bills are all paid on time and [...]

The Witchlings are both due birthdays in the next couple of months. Witchling 10 is going to be 11 and Witchling 12 is soon to become Witchling 13. They both want parties.
In the halcien days of Witchling 3 and Witchling 5 this was as easy as falling off a log. Plenty of pink icing, jelly, [...]