We’ve long been fans of pancake day, or rather pancakes. I remember as a child my mum would make classic British pancakes, thin and crispy, with lashings of sugar and lemon. Then as I got older and we visited New…
View Post“Mummy, can you come and play with me?” “No Toby, I’m cooking dinner, why don’t you go and play with your toys?” At the moment I feel like I’m saying no a lot – I’m mega busy, I’m over run…
View PostSo last week my friend Kate and I went to the cinema to watch Fifty Shades Darker. We’ve both read the books and we both loved the utter basic smuttery (how is that not a word?), even if we both…
View PostCan we just take a moment to talk about something? Year 1 phonics tests. Tests for 5 year olds. What the actual fuck. Reuben is now coming up to his Year one phonics testing and, after a recent meeting with his…
View PostI am not a divisive blogger. Last week I was asked if I would like to go on a well known morning TV programme to talk about a post I wrote over a year ago. It was shared by another…
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