We’ve just had our first go at separate trips, over a long weekend. Dan took Junior Reader to see his side of the family, I took Mini to my parents. It’s strange, just to be two of us. One parent, one child – and two grandparents to help pick up the slack. Well, no. Two …
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Lit Kid: pulling strings and lifting flaps
Mini Reader continues to have some clearly expressed views about books. Amongst them are: Flaps are good. There is a whole slew of lift the flap books out there. Mini has a particular fondness for Spot the dog, who has a good number of flap books to his credit, but there are many others besides …
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Toothypegs
In the maelstrom that is two children asking questions at the same time, the washing machine running, the dinner cooking (but still needing some attention), sometimes words emerge that go WAY back. Sometimes they come out at bedtime, when the noise level has gone down, and there’s a slight chance that you can hear your …
In the time it takes to cook an egg
It’s that mad dash to put food on the table in the evening. Back from a sports class, small people’s need to eat – and their limited patience while food is cooking – mean it needs to be quick. Mini and Junior aren’t entirely reading off the same menu at the moment. That’s OK. Tea …
Drawing breath
There’s a wild dance out there called the summer holidays. (And yes, it’s the footslog through the trenches too, depending on how long the holidays are near you.) Every summer is different, I’ve found. One year, the kids need lots of structure – like going swimming every morning, so that you have something at the …