Do you like knowing what other people cook and eat? I do. Partly for inspiration, partly sheer nosiness. Last year, the lovely Sinead from Bumbles of Rice ran a Week in Dinners linky, where participants shared honest details of what they cooked and ate in a given week. I took part, and as it was Easter ...
Walking back to the car after the school run, I called to Sam to hurry up, then caught myself, realising that for once, there was no reason to hurry. It was 9am. We had just dropped Clara and Emmie to school. And both were invited on playdates after school – both being collected by other mums. ...
1. Look out the window, see that it's raining, and announce a cinema trip. 2. Consider spending two minutes booking online, but decide to wing it instead. Who'd want to forfeit the adrenaline buzz that goes with rushing in to the cinema at the last minute, risking that it's booked out. 3. Bundle everyone into the car ...
We are being very brave this summer; we're getting on an actual airplane with all three kids. We've never tried it with three before, and we may never try again either, depending on how it goes. But in a bid to see something further away than a ferry journey allows, we're getting on a plane. Among other ...
Coffee in one hand, keys in the other, I lock the car and make my way up the street towards the gates - not too early and not too late. I continue on into the school-yard and scan the area. Some familiar faces, standing together in a group. Mums from one of the other classes ...
“I tip-toe out of the house every morning when our daughter is asleep and feel sad that I'm not there when she wakes up” The first interview of the new year is with Bridget Farrell, who is married to Ray, and lives in Tullamore. They both work outside the home and have a two and a ...
We started a new tradition last year - well we didn't know it was a tradition at the time, but having done it twice, now it's a tradition. We went to the cinema for the first time (as a family I mean, not the first time ever). And before the film, we went for lunch ...
A good friend told me last week that she's changing jobs - moving from a chilled-out project role back into the mayhem of daily operations. This is the reverse of what she wanted when going back to work after her second baby was born three years ago - in fact for many working mothers, chilled-out project roles ...
Monday morning 5.10am Pitter patter. Toddler footsteps. All the way around to my side of the bed. "Is it morning mummy?" "No, it's not morning, I'll bring you back to your bed." 7.33am Same footsteps, more resolute attitude. "Me getting in your bed now mummy, it morning-time." Resistance is futile. 7.42am A skipping sound. That's Emmie. She's five so she skips ...
I really like a good list. And ticking things off lists. And sometimes adding things I've already done so that I can tick them off. The satisfying swoosh. Tick, tick, tick. And I like new year's resolutions. But only ones that I a) really genuinely want to achieve and b) have a good chance of achieving. ...