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Getting Crafty with the Boys
Do other parents of boys find the same thing when they try to do 'crafty' things with them? An hour of Christmas card making this morning has so far involved: WWF style wrestling over a red pen climbing under the dining room table playing with the cat scribbling a...
Becoming a Human Dinosaur!
Every now and then, you get the opportunity to take part in something unique and fun going in your community, and we were privileged to spot that this was going on so decided to join in with it! It was especially cool as I'd studied Paleontology as part of my...
Listen to the SOS….
I’ve just been reading an ebook by Dr Robert Anthony, and in it was a lesson about the Titanic, which I’m going to paraphrase as I think it holds an important message. As you probably know, the Titanic was the largest ship of her time and sank in the Atlantic whilst...
Why ‘Naughty’ Behaviour Shouldn’t Be Labelled as Such
This morning, I took Dom to his classroom and his French teacher was there preparing for the lesson she was going to be doing with them later, with a poster of the words to the famous Alouette song on the board. He suddenly went all quiet and flatly refused to do his...
DIY Disasters: Flooding the Bathroom
Just found out I could have been at my graduation ceremony today for my DipHE, if the Uni had actually told me about it! Oh well, I had better things to do anyway, like flooding my bathroom...;o) I managed to flood the bathroom by taking apart the leaking waste pipe...
What I’ve Learned During the First 40 Years of My Life…
I felt my last status update of my 30s should be something incredibly profound, so here goes!! I'm the happiest I've EVER been, even though my life is vastly different (and on the face of it, a lot worse) to what I thought it would be by the time I hit 40! I've been...
Building Resilience: Seven Skills to Help You Love Your Life
Part 1 available now; part 2 coming soon!
