Not A Frumpy Mum

5 Reasons Why I’m Happy To Turn 40

5 Reasons Why I’m Happy To Turn 40

Today is my half birthday, which means I am now on my 6 month countdown to turning 40, and actually I feel okay about that. In fact, I’d almost say I’m looking forward to the next decade of my life and here’s a few reasons why: I am happy in my career – At the start of my 30’s I still felt that I had a career ladder to climb, whilst at the same time getting itchy feet for where I was currently working. Ten years on and I have changed jobs, and am happy with where I am at…

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Teaching Boys They Can Fly Too

Teaching Boys They Can Fly Too

Growing up I never pictured myself as an all boy mum.  Equally I didn’t picture myself as an all girl mum either.  Coming from a family with one of each that is how I saw my future, not for any particular reason other than it was what I knew.  The majority of my friends came from one of each families and it just seemed the norm. Fast forward to present day and I am a fiercely proud boy mum, and I love being the only girl in the house.  We’ve had the inevitable “Will you be trying for a girl?”…

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Should Teachers Be Allowed Time Off To Watch The Nativity?

Should Teachers Be Allowed Time Off To Watch The Nativity?

Watching your childs first nativity play is another one of those parent milestones.  Like their first smile, first steps, watching your child sat on stage with their reception class is one of the most heart warming moments you will experience.  You put the date in your diary, listen to your little one practicing their lines or songs and look forward to taking your place in the school hall. My eldest had his first nativity play last week and I couldn’t have been prouder watching him up there on stage.  I’m not going to lie, there were a few tears in…

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Time To Press Play

Time To Press Play

It feels like forever since I sat down to write a new post here.  I’ve just about kept things ticking over with a couple of Little Loves posts and I am loving being able to at last join in with The Siblings Project but other than that my little blog has been pretty neglected.  As we begin to come out of that newborn haze of the first few weeks and find our feet as a family of four I find myself thinking about the past few years and the long road we have travelled to get here. For so long…

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Friendships, Old And New

Friendships, Old And New

On New Years Eve I did something that had been playing around in my mind for a while. It made me sad (and still does a little), but I wanted to enter 2015 with a clean slate. I knew this year was going to be a tough one and I needed to be surrounded by people who were going to be on my side. So what did I do? I deleted three of my oldest friends from my phone and unfriended them on Facebook. There was no drama or confrontation, I simply clicked the delete button. It had taken me a…

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