I find my first child has been my trial run for everything. We gave her a dummy. Her younger brothers did not have a dummy-that kind of thing. Nothing can prepare you for the mine field that is the school gates though so, I like to think I have learnt something from her and will…
So the end of term is nigh for many children and, as we near the end of our Reception year, I thought I would let you know what I have learnt. 1.White socks are a nightmare. I bough loads before she started but I wish I hadn’t bothered. We have since moved on to grey….
There seems to be a rather uncomfortable pattern emerging. When Boo started school last year, I cried for the first two weeks of dropping her off. I have cried at parents evenings, sports day, her first school trip (and her second). I admit I am a crier. In January, a worried mum came up to…
I’ve stopped crying on my way home from dropping Boo off at school now. It did go on for a good week and a half but I’ve pulled myself together. So we’ve got through the first month and this is what I’ve deduced from school. 1 They return home with a funny smell about them….
What do these shoes represent? They are school shoes for Boo’s first day at school but, as my eyes filled up with tears when we went to buy them, I can’t help thinking they are so much more. They are the end of the lovely bright coloured children’s shoes, I have bought for my daughter…
Back to School fever is well and truly upon is. I say Back to School but, for us, it is simply To School as my little Boo will be starting reception class next week. Every time I have thought about it over the summer, my eyes have filled up with tears but the law says…