After seven long weeks at home, in eight short days the children will return to school and whilst Megan will start in reception, Eva will be catapulted into Year One. I always think of Year One as a difficult year for the children, having been “babied” to some extent in reception, with access to all…
When it comes to labelling clothes, I’ve learned the hard way just how important it is to label everything. With Lewis at 13, we have lost more jumpers and PE pumps than I care to mention over the years, all because I was too lazy busy to sew in name labels each year. Working as a…
With Megan starting school in September there are three things that she is looking forward to the most. One, the fact that she gets to have a school dinner each day (Eva has regaled her with tales of chocolate cake and cookies!), two, she finally gets to have some light up black school shoes and…
Eva, Ten months ago, forty five long weeks ago, when I prised your little hand from mine and left you there on your first day at school, I had no idea what this coming year had in store. When you cried that first morning, I told myself it was to be expected, that it was such…
With four children running around at home you can bet that I’ve had a lot of experience when it comes to school uniforms. But throughout the years of buying clothes for my kids I’ve learned a few things on how to cut time and make wearing uniforms easy again. If you’ve also struggled with sorting…
For the last five months since Eva started at primary school, we have had tears every single morning without fail. And I’m not talking about a few, forced out tears to tug on my heart strings, or a couple of bad days here and there, it has literally been full on hysterics before we have even left the…