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My lovely friend Tara, who makes my rather special Advent Calendar each year, also gives me another gift- the gift of peace.

The first time Tara handed me a box with a label saying ‘Karen’s Five Minutes Peace Box’, I was intrigued. On opening it, I found a treasure of children’s activities, all appropriate for my two girls aged 3 and 9 or for my son, aged 11. Tara has an amazing ability to pick the perfect activities that really are guaranteed to offer me five minutes peace. Continue reading →

Now, I hate speaking behind someone’s back, especially about someone as egotistic lovely as Father Christmas, but it has to be said…I think the power is going to his head.

We went to see him a couple of years ago when my daughter was 5 and she asked for a Baby Annabel. Rather than nodding and helpfully telling her that she would get it if she was a good girl, he gained a glint in his eye and I’m sure beneath that beard was a smirk lurking as he said;

“And would you like Father Christmas to bring you the pushchair and the cot as well?’ Continue reading →

This has been on my mind for a while now.

My children do nothing to help out around the house. Wait, maybe this is a slight exaggeration. Every now and then they do something they are asked to do, but it is done alongside much winging and moaning. The usual reply I get when I ask one of them to tidy is ‘But I didn’t make that mess’. For some reason though, it is fine for me to tidy everyone else’s mess. Continue reading →

Out of the blue yesterday, my son asked this question. I looked for a hint of a glimmer in his eye, but he was too absorbed playing a game on the computer (and yes, I did check it was really the game he was staring at on the screen…) It was actually a genuine question. Continue reading →