Once upon a time, back in September, it all seemed very difficult. Not seriously difficult - just everyday stuff. Struggling with three in school for the first time. Struggling with three lunches and three lots of homework and three tired kids. Struggling with a little boy who likes to talk a lot and listen only a ...
Month: March 2017
An Unfinished Guide To Feeding Fussy Kids
I accidentally ate a smidge of banana yesterday, and the kids were in convulsions watching my own near-convulsion when I realised what was in my mouth. Most people have at least one food they can't bear, and for me it's bananas. (Shudder) I'll eat pretty much anything else though, and I was the same as a ...
Breathing In All The Spaces
St Patrick’s Day Evolution
As I sit listening to the wind howling around the eaves and the rain spattering on the glass, I'm wondering about the hardy souls who'll brave a night out, and I'm secretly glad of the child-spun tether that keeps me home tonight. And then I remember another St Patrick's Day back in the 90s - working in Fritzpatrick's ...
Office Mum stories – Jenny Lawler
Brick Walls
Playlist of my Life
Can you chart your life in music? (Geddit?) That's what Nicola from Simply Homemade asked and I kept thinking about it falling asleep every night, so now I've written it down. There's no way to fit in all the songs that punctuated childhood, teen discos, college years, and moving in with a boy, but here are some ...
Snapshot
What are you reading, listening to, watching, eating, drinking, looking forward to, worrying about . . ? That's the question Maud from Awfully Chipper asked herself - then asked everyone else - a snapshot of what's going on right now. So here's mine: Reading I'm reading and really enjoying Distress Signals by Irish writer Catherine Ryan Howard ...