We’ve been trying to retain quality family time at weekends recently. This seems more important now that the craziness of December is upon us. The weeks are busy, hectic and a little bit too much for everyone. The boys are in a constant state of dress rehearsal / non-dress rehearsal / choir practice / choir …
I’ve not been in much of a blogging frame of mind lately. Starting up our new business has kept Mike and I a teeny bit busy. Our last week off when we hung out together as a family was in May ~ *eek*. The busy, busy weeks mean that Mike and I *really* try to …
Despite the amazingly warm weather this week and the glorious sunshine (that dried two loads of washing this afternoon) I think we have to now admit that the autumn is well and truly in full swing. A sure sign is that my car is filled with beautiful conkers and fallen leaves that are collected by …
I sat and wept at the news last night as I watched the life of a child in Pakistan hang in the balance. As I watched I was appalled with myself for not having noticed this week that there is massive flooding in Pakistan and that over 2million (2 bloody million) have been affected. Over …
Each year on their birthday, I write each of my boys a little poem. They aren’t brilliant – I think the poet laureate shouldn’t be too worried about her position just yet! I write them because I like to write about my boys and I hope that they will, one day, provide the boys with …
Well here we are. It was all going too well really and we actually managed to get to week five of the summer holidays before I started shouting. The ‘all time low’ week is here. Last year we managed to get it over and done with on week one, when we were all on holiday …
It’s been a mixed week here at retro wife towers. I am sitting here feeling a bit tired, a tad emotional and I am drinking cider. This post may never see the light of day. Last week the sun shone, we did lovely things, we saw good friends and our eldest boy pottered off to …
So, it’s week two of the summer holidays and we’re having a ball. The boys took a few days to settle into it all and there was a fair bit of shouting, some arguing and a few tears. And then magically, one morning, it was all ok again. The boys love spending mornings in their …
So the summer holidays are nearly upon us. Six glorious weeks without the constant rush, rush, rush of getting out of the house everyday at 8.45. Six glorious weeks without cajoling boys in and out of cars, onto scooters, into swimming pools, off to gym classes. And of course six glorious weeks of beautiful sunshine …
Having children is always referenced as this life changing experience. Mothers (and fathers) the world over talk (and talk) about this, endlessly. I’m always so, so pleased I was one of the first of my friends to take the plunge into motherhood as I think I would not have coped well with the talk about …
I haven’t written a post for a few weeks. Life, as always, gets hectic; the boys are busy bees as usual, and Mike and I have been embarking on the daunting and exciting task of setting up our own business. From tomorrow, Mike will leave behind his job of the last four years and we …
Sadly, while we were on holiday, our garden was visited by a hungry fox, who killed our lovely hens. Poor Margot, our original girl, was taken by the fox and Maggie and May, our fluffy bottomed beauties, were, it seemed just killed for fox fun. We have been keeping hens for three years now, and …