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Parenting Life and Humour

Parenthood came as a massive shock to me. Frankly, it still throws me plenty of curve balls even ten years in. While I’ve found things easier as my children have grown older, motherhood still isn’t my vocation. I have coped with much of parenting by trying to see the funny side and the posts I’ve written about that are in the parenting humour section, hopefully they’ll give you some light relief.

In the parenting Life section you’ll find more general posts about being a parenthood including how I’ve coped with the struggles and the mistakes I’ve made. I’ve written about what parenting is like as an introvert, how I cope with parenting and migraines and how much I hate playing!

Why Holidays with Kids are More Work than Staying Home

Written by Josie

Children on holiday playing on the beach

Holidays are great, everyone loves a holiday right? Or do they? Are there some unfortunate souls in the world for whom a holiday is really not that much fun at all? People who aren’t able to spend their holidays relaxing on the beach or visiting interesting places? People for whom going on holiday is really […]

Filed Under: Parenting Humour

I Hate Playing (and that’s ok)

Written by Josie

Mum sitting on the floor looking bored while child plays

Did you know that, statistically, it’s quite unusual for an only child to go on to have more than one child of their own? As an only child, I can kind of understand it. People with siblings imagine that only children are lonely, but if you’ve been one, you know that being an only child […]

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An A-Z of What Parenting Means to Me

Written by Josie

My A-Z of what parenting means to me.

I was tagged in the #parentingalphabetchallenge by Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs. The idea is to write an A-Z of your life as a parent and then tag some other bloggers to do the same. Here are my thoughts on life as a parent, in alphabetical order. A is for Adjustment I found what I call […]

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Parent Child Similarities: 5 Ways my Children are Like Me

Written by Josie

Parent child similarities: me and my son and daughter

When I decided I wanted to write about parent child similarities I knew I couldn’t write it alone. I would need input from those who knew me and the kids best, namely my husband and my Mum. Weather I would be still speaking to them after that was another matter. Luckily, they were tactful and […]

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Family Day Out Vouchers, Discounts, 2 for 1 offers and Deals

Written by Josie

How to save money on family days out, I,age of family of 4 on a day out at adventure island with “Rage man”

I love family days out but they can cost an absolute fortune. My policy as a parent is to try to never pay full price to visit an attraction. I’m usually able to stick to that. Below are my tips on how to save money by finding family day out vouchers, discounts, 2 for 1 […]

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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