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How a Peaceful Bowl of Spaghetti Can Get You into all Kinds of Trouble!
Last year I went on holiday to Italy. It was a big deal – it cost a lot of money and it was the first holiday we’d had abroad as a family since my daughter (then 3) was born. Being on holiday and being in a very hot country, we didn’t want to entertain the […]
The Key to Change is to Let Go of Fear
This one resonates with me so much. I’ll be honest – I’m a bit of a control freak, which serves me well sometimes (super organised about sorting out holidays and packing and things that require organisation) and other times not so much. Sometimes I find it really really hard to let go of my fear […]
Family Time
It’s hard to always be ‘positively involved’ as a parent don’t you think? When real life gets in the way, like making sure the packed lunches are made, the washing is done, everyone is and remains alive…that kind of thing, it’s really easy to overlook the very key role we play as mummy and daddy […]
Numberjacks can solve your problems!
OK, full disclosure. Numberjacks can’t solve ALL your problems, but it can help you when you come across issues at school. And by that I mean when your child comes home and reports that “Mr or Mrs X said such and such to me and made me do it.” You know how this plays out: […]
Back to School
This is a lovely quote. But what about when they’re NOT happy and smiley? There’s a gazillion reasons why that happens and your child becomes unhappy and unsmiley, and this post is about one specific issue that can be difficult for children – the transition to school, either for the first time or after school […]