Monthly Archives: June 2007

Is it normal to have 31 boyfriends, at the age of six? Hannah wrote this list when she had but 14, and has since acquired the rest. But as she clearly found just 14 of them irritating, why did she … Continue reading →

Well, thanks to a proper tagging from Scruffy Mummy, you’ll have to wait to find out all about the NCT Houseswap Register and read more about me instead. 8 things is tough, especially as I’ve been rambling on here for … Continue reading →

Well I’m relieved, if a little disappointed. We recycle what we can, and we fill our two big green bags with recyclable material every fortnight, ready for collection. We also take glass to the bottle bank when we go to … Continue reading →

He would like our garden, such as it is, to look like this… I, however, prefer something a little like this… Or even this… So I keep planting things around the edge of the grass, to ramble over the wall … Continue reading →

Half term is over, give or take a few hours. Have I spent today getting things ready for tomorrow’s return to school? Or have I taken the children to enjoy their last day of the holiday with an afternoon at … Continue reading →

Mike saw it first, and said, “Oh no.” I read it later and hid it from Ben. Never mind, I thought, it’s only The Mail exaggerating. Then I saw it in The Times. Apart from the family having miraculously expanded … Continue reading →

Ben’s poem from Hay was inspired by the instructions… Great Literay Giants Giant leaps of the imagination, giant thoughts, giant facts, giant poems, giant stories, giant collaborations.. WRITE AND RETURN! the giant was big his favirate food was pig he … Continue reading →