Five ways my kids are just like me (that I wish they weren’t)

I’ll be honest I struggled to come up with five ways that my kids are like me (that I wish they weren’t). Let’s face it, I’m perfect, so if they’re like me in any way that just makes them perfect too. I jest. People that aren’t regular readers of mine (if not, why not?!) won’t …

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Ten things I wish I’d known before children (BC)

Ten things I wish I’d known before children? There are soooo may things I wish I had known before I decided to dip my toe in the water of parenthood. Little did I know once you have dipped your toe in, you’re up to your neck in (sh)it.   See, the thing is. Before you have …

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Christmas Eve – The most wonderful time of the year!

I fucking love Christmas! I really do! Especially Christmas Eve. It is my all time favourite day of the whole year. Without a shadow of a doubt. It outshines birthdays by a country mile. Seeing all the houses decorated gives me the warm and fuzzies That and a good heap of alcohol which is positively …

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The Lows and Lows of Baking with Kids

Baking with kids – what a joy! I always had big ideas, nay, ideals, of baking with my children. When I was little I used to bake with my mum and my Granny. Granny used to bake once a week on a Thursday. She had a big mixing bowl and I would go to her …

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Halloween BC (Before Children) and AC (After Children)

Halloween, oh how I love thee I’ve long had a fascination for the macabre. I even dabbled in witchcraft for a while (which will come as no surprise to anyone who’s actually met me I’m sure). As a child I wasn’t allowed to go trick or treating, my mum believed that it was begging. She …

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