kids do funny things
SELFIES MY KIDS TOOK #3
OK, not technically a Selfie, as Big Sis was the photographer in this instance, but an unexplained and unauthorised addition to my camera roll, nonetheless. So it counts. Because…
SELFIES MY KIDS TOOK #1
It’s not unusual to flick through my phone and find some rather strange additions to my photo roll. Oftentimes it will be a blurry shot of a foot,…
WAR AND PEACE
They’ve been screaming and whining at each other all day. One will snatch a toy; the other will get in a sly little shove. One complains,…
YOU TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THEM FOR A SECOND…
What happens between dropping your oldest child at school, and pulling into the driveway with your youngest eight minutes later.
SPINNING OUT
Me, to Big Sis: ‘Ermmm… what are you doing?’ Big Sis, to me: ‘Watching this go around.’ ‘How long have you been sitting there?!’ ‘Aaaaaaaaages.’…
MY ANGRY LITTLE ARTISTE
Lil Sis has started going to creche two mornings a week, and absolutely loves it! It turns out she’s quite the budding little artist, with a…
COOL THINGS ABOUT BEING A PARENT…
… when the sunlight refracting through a glass candle holder on your windowsill becomes a magical bath rainbow!
FLOWER POWER
What happens when you sniff a freshly-picked dandelion just a little bit too deeply, for just a little bit too long…
MOVIE MAGIC
Lil Sis’s uber-exclusive private screening room… (known in some circles as a cardboard packing box, and Mummy’s iPad)
MOTHERHOOD IS…
… discovering your kids have video-bombed your iPhone:
IT’S A MAKEUP MASSACRE
So, I found Lil Sis putting on pretend lipstick at her toy dressing table… …except it wasn’t her pretend lipstick, it was red felt-tip pen. …
HEAD / BRICK WALL
Me, to Big Sis: ‘Would you like a sandwich?’Big Sis, to me: ‘Yes please, Mummy, with butter on it!’Me, to Big Sis: ‘Sorry, sweetheart, we…
About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ freelance journalist & lifestyle blogger.
I’ve been a magazine features writer for over 20 years, and in 2009 became one of the UK’s original ‘Mummy Bloggers’.
I’m proud mum to two funny & spirited girls; born summer 2008 and autumn 2010, and we all live just outside London with OH and our youngest baby – a miniature dachshund, named Frankie.
