Something happens along the way with kids. You’re already accustomed to putting them first in so many areas: when you sleep, when you wake, when you use the bathroom independently (if you’re lucky) comes back to them. And that’s OK. So too is planning a certain amount of things based on them: what they enjoy, …
Category archives: Food
The summer in numbers
There’s a whole load of counting going on here now. Counting the number of sweets in a packet; grapes in a box. How many sleeps til this, and how many seconds til that. It seems only fair to respond with some numbers of my own. With the beginning of term just upon us, here is …
Summer ’14: expansion set
You know those board games that are only good for a certain number of players? Or have limited numbers of plays, after a while? Serious board game makers and players (and I hardly count myself among them, but I have learned this much) solve the problem with expansion sets. That way, the game allows for …
End of term report: June 2014
It’s not quite the end of the week – but it is nearly the end of term. And you can bet that, come mid August, all those bright wee things will have sprouted extra inches of leg and new hairstyles and far more in-depth knowledge of whatever it is they’re keen on. So maybe it’s …
Friday phrases: and it was still hot
Beginnings. Always tricky. Want to make a big entrance, grab your attention. But what of endings? Also important. The time to make the big ‘boom’ at the end of the story, bow, and retreat, performance over. Even though I seem to say more about In the Night Kitchen, I still love Where the Wild Things …