Parent Gossip

Well, we have finally made it! Witchling 11 leaves primary school this week. She is making the final massive step up to secondary school.  It is an emotional time for us all Witchling 11 is excited but is also very nervous. She ismoving from being a big fish in a tiny little pond (there is [...]

Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me eee,
Happy birthday to me.
Yes indeed, it is my 35th birthday today.  Birthdays, when you are a parent, are tricky things.  When your children are very tiny, you can rely upon your partner or their grandparents, or an aunt or uncle, to do the shopping, write [...]

When I was wee I had a simple bed and a dark brown chest of drawers in my bedroom. I don’t remember having a wardrobe at all. That changed when I was 10 amd my mum (and granny) bought me a fabulous modern bedroom set. Picture it! Matching cream mdf wardrobes (2 of them if [...]