Today my Mum flew back to Sydney after spending three months with us in London. She comes every year so I’m used to having to say goodbye, but it never gets any easier. I’m not normally an overly emotional person but something weird happens to me at airports. I turn …
Tonight we took the kids and my Mum out for Holly’s birthday and also Mum is going back to Australia this week so it was a farewell dinner as well. We thought we’d kill two birds with one stone because my nerves simply don’t have the fortitude for two restaurant …
Today we had Holly’s 9th Birthday party. It went really well, the girls all had a great time and I didn’t have to call my therapist even once. Not even a text message. Winning! If I’m honest, with four kids birthday parties are a giant pain in the arse …
Tonight we went to the bonfire night that’s held every year in the park at the end of our street. I usually avoid it like the plague because it’s basically a fun fair in the mud with a few dodgy fireworks to watch … and I really hate mud. But …
School went back today after half term break. Thank God. It spells the return of my sanity and the chance to get my voice back. And to recover from the trauma of the previous week’s mess. Winter school breaks are always the hardest because when you live in England, entertainment …
Yesterday Luca told me I was ‘crackers’ because I was singing to him at the hairdresser. So I asked him if all his friends’ Mums were crackers too and he said “er no, just you”. I thought this was pretty funny and probably quite accurate but he said it without …
You know those days when your kids just fire question after question at you? The days when you’re tired, out of answers, you just don’t know, or you just don’t give a shit? The ones where you get really childish and for the sake of answering you just make something …
In June when I decided to start a blog, I wrote my first few posts without telling anyone about it. Because I’m self-conscious of my writing. I uploaded them to Twitter where I only know a handful of the people who follow me in the flesh, and it was comfortable. …
We’ve just had a weekend away on our own in the New Forest in Hampshire. It’s only a couple of hours from London so we left on Friday evening despite the hideous traffic. We set the sat nav (we call ours Betty, she sounds like a Betty) and off we …
“Mum, Charlie’s really annoying. We should give him to another family”
“Really, you don’t think that’s a bit harsh?”
“Well then we should sell him”.
Something happened to our family upon the birth of our fourth child, Jude. For starters we didn’t plan him. I make no secret of this and the fact my husband, Rob, had a vasectomy nine months before Jude was born is further proof. I didn’t want any more, we already …
Earlier this year I decided to take up running. I’ve always wanted to be a runner but could never be arsed to actually do it. Because basically I’m a lazy shit with no willpower. I have had more gym memberships in my life than I can count. I’ve tried every …
Every single night of the week, I go to bed thinking I am a shit parent. I go over my day, think of all the stuff that happened, all the interactions I had with my four children and I somehow come to the conclusion that maybe I shouldn’t have had …
I’ve just been to Paris for a four day long weekend with my husband. My astonishingly generous Mum looked after all four kids while we buggered off on a tour de cake romantic trip away. I knew Rob was excited about going away because I found this on my iPhone. …
I love Harrods. It’s my most favourite wanky department store in the entire world. It’s ridiculously expensive and I hardly ever buy anything there but I love to go and look. It’s like a museum of the coolest stuff in the world that you can buy for 20% more than …