Parenting Life & Humour

When I was a teenager, I was always writing letters. Before we had smart phones, when landline calls were still really expensive, writing letters was a way of talking to our friends when we weren’t with them, even if we often ended up giving the recipient our letters in a person and sitting quietly while […]

I’ve always been one for finding the best in every situation and lockdown has been no different. I’m lucky in so many ways, I still have an income, I work from home, my mum is close by so I can do her shopping, we have a garden and plenty of ways to keep ourselves entertained. […]

While I myself was never a big fan of sports day when I was at school, both of my kids love it. As it seems pretty likely that it won’t happen this year, I thought we’d have a go at running a family sports day at home, here’s how we got on.   How We […]

Being stuck at home can mean only one thing. Boredom. While I’m usually keen on being frugal, my first instinct was to throw money at the problem. Our planned holiday was obviously cancelled so I decided to spend the money on some things to help keep them entertained at home. Here’s what I bought as […]

Before lockdown, we were expecting to spend part of the Easter holidays in a caravan by the sea. The kids were pretty disappointed to be missing their holiday so we decided to recreate the fun of a holiday at home by putting the tent up in our back garden. Here’s how we got on when […]