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It’s obviously not PC for children to play in Snow! At school they have been told they cannot throw snowballs because there could be ice in them – and then someone gets hurt. I can imagine many a parent moaning to the Head about how their child has got wet/hurt/upset – so, to some extent can … Read more
Sometimes as a parent I think you have to re-think your ideals. When our son was 14 he wanted to play violent games that were rated 18. You may be aware that I did my dissertation on violence in children’s television advertisements, and so really was not happy for him to play them. But, it … Read more
Sunday 13th January – Nothing like a game of hide and seek Monday 14th January – I forgot to take the chicken out for roast on Sunday so we ended up with it on Monday – and I cooked home made rice pudding at the same time. Tuesday 15th January – we made snowmen Wednesday 16th … Read more
Everyone knows that The Sun’s £9.50 holidays don’t actually cost £9.50. First you have to buy the papers (unless you have a priority booking form to do it online with the codes, then it is £9.50 per person – with a minimum of 4 people – then added costs will be based on when and where … Read more
It’s all been a bit busy here (well still is). When the Health Visitor told me that as Parents we could apply for a Statement of Special Needs ourselves, we didn’t really know what it meant. Really it was just something we had heard about and knew it had something to do with children in … Read more
Of course you want to build a snowman that’s why you are here! Popular even before the days of Frozen and Frozen 2 who does not love to create this festive guy. We have had so much fun as our children grew over the years making snowmen in all different ways – not just outside … Read more
Monday 7th Jan – back to school (playgroup) – I was so busy keeping him busy that I forgot to take him to the dentist. He couldn’t keep his eyes open for his story and managed to sleep a whole 45 minutes. Tuesday 8th – Nothing like dinosaur play to help develop the concept of … Read more
Well no sign of snow here so we walked home from school a few times. Erm it has rained a bit though and was a tad bit muddy. There’s new houses been built and my youngest tells me that this is a dinosaur.
