Bathtime.... Described by all the baby books as a calm, loving time to wind down before bed. The images show mother and child joyfully squeezing a yellow ducky together and giggling in unison, if you stare hard enough at the pictures your ears could probably pick up strains of Enya in the background. It looks splendid. It is a fabrication. In fact I would go as far to say it is … [Read more...]
Feb 28, 2013
Cross Country Competition
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The twins have their next cross country meet on saturday. We have started prepping already, porridge for breakfast and pasta for tea and lots of fruity goodness in between to ensure we have optimum carb and cal ratio to power those little legs. Nothing better that legging it round a freezing cold field on a saturday morning to build stamina. I have noticed at these races that some parents … [Read more...]
Jan 23, 2013
Great British Days Out: Why I don’t wear a coat in the snow…..
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It is winter and I don’t wear a coat, I am pretty sure the mums at school think this is because of my northern roots, that I am ‘well ‘ard’ and don’t need to protect myself from the sting of winter. That is simply a crock of.... The truth is I had a growth spurt in 2012 which has left my winter wardrobe feeling rather snug and my coats gaping, not keen to remain larger than life I … [Read more...]
Jan 16, 2013
Advertorial Post: A cat is not for Christmas…..
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A cat is not for Christmas... My belief in Santa is starting to fade. After writing a beautifully crafted and evocative letter to him explaining my behaviour of late it seems he chose to point blank ignore me. There was no cat under the tree... Twin boy summarised the situation well by explaining 'all that shouting has finally caught you in the bum and you are on the bad list.' He … [Read more...]
Jan 7, 2013
Nice to see normal is back: a torch, a bit of Gangnam style and some edwardian dress….. ~ Northernmum
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It's the last day of the Christmas holidays, I don't need a calendar to tell me, the clink of the recycling bin and the huge swell in the laundry basket is evidence enough. I send the big ones back to free childcare tomorrow and the little one to nursery. I feel a bit grieved. We have embarked on a new life in the last couple of weeks, bedtime at ten and wake up the same. Evenings … [Read more...]
Jan 3, 2013
Emergency, Help: The Bog Monster Got my Mum…..
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It was never going to be fun. But as the four of us, me, twin boy, twin girl and BB piled into my vintage, has its own tape deck, car I realised the extent of how unfun today's excursion would be. "Mummy, while BB is in the hy-dro-ther-apy pool fixing her leg is it ok for me to strip naked and bomb the phy-sio-ther-apy lady?" Questioned twin boy before my foot even hit the … [Read more...]
Jan 2, 2013
Sponsored: The perils of working from home…..
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I was writing this week when I became aware of the perils of working from home. Happily sitting in my little work space that some like to call an entrance hall but I prefer the term study putting together some copy and checking for typos and unintelligible sentences. My brain started to freeze a little and the words began to blur so I grabbed my empty cup and headed for the kettle. It is … [Read more...]
Dec 11, 2012
A crap day…. ~ Northernmum
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We have all been there. You crack open the door to the toddlers room and the smell hits you in the face. Mouldy cheese and rotting veg springs to mind and you wonder what on earth you fed that child to create such an inhuman smell. Then you remember. You remember with a uncomfortable jolt using the last wipe to whip round the loo seat after your six year old son missed his target again … [Read more...]
Nov 27, 2012
The Stress of Normality ~ Northernmum
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It was just a normal day, the usual type of normal day where the wine in the fridge starts chanting your name from about 9am. Normality in this house is bloody stressful. The day started at 7.30am, about an hour later than usual. My beloved offspring had clearly planned a practical joke the night before as none of the three have ever slept in unison past 7am since they were born. The … [Read more...]
Nov 21, 2012
What mummy needs for her wee-wee – how to be shamed again by the kids….
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It was lashing with rain and the wind howled angrily at the pharmacy window. I looked out at the weather in despair knowing my journey back to the car would be interrupted with lots of splashes in muddy puddles whilst my freshly washed hair turned to frizz. Inside the pharmacy I stood with a mother, two people of elderly stature, three children and a pair of teenagers. For once we were … [Read more...]
