We’ve just survived our first week of of Year 6 SATs. It’s been a tense week. Actually, it’s been a tense month and I’m sure ours wasn’t the only household suffering. For those of you who have been through the Year 2 version, let me tell you that the KS2 SATs are nothing like the KS1 SATs. KS1 kids...
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Like many mums of more than one of the same sex, I get to see that many of the supposed gender-specific behaviours are actually anything but. My girls like football, climbing things, cars and lego, as well as dressing up, dolls and colouring in. On the other hand, DS loves soft toys, fairy dresses and crafty stuff. Since having a...
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I’ve posted this statement on a couple of online discussions lately. Sometimes people have engaged with me about it; other times it’s been ignored. I don’t wear lipstick, blusher, mascara or eye shadow Ever. I used to but it made my face feel heavy and I was never very good at applying it. I didn’t like...
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If I look out my window, the skies are grey and threatening. We had to dig out our winter coats again this morning. After the promises made by the brief, glorious entrance of spring a week or so again, you could be forgiven for believing the seasons have somehow gone backwards, and we are approaching winter again. But a walk in the...
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Baby chicks that is, not human babies before any of my ILs read this and get too excited. This morning when we checked on Mama Tit, she was sitting tight on her nest, as she has been for the last few days. Her mate has really got the hang of feeding her lately and seems to be in and out of the box with food all the time. We knew the...
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A couple of months ago my FB timeline was completely clogged with people begging me for Candy Cane lives. Oh, how I laughed as I ignored their pleas. How could fully functional adults get so caught up in a computer game? How pathetic they were. Well, dear reader, I am laughing on the other side of my face now. For my name is Jacq...
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