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 …