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Juggling…

I’ve always been a good juggler. I literally can juggle, as it happens. But I’m also really good at keeping lots of different projects, tasks, thoughts, friends, events and activities up in the air. It’s my thing In an effort to make the girls feel they are not triplets but three individuals at the centreContinue reading “Juggling…”

Back to School

The school have sent detailed instructions on opening arrangements as the pandemic continues. Different years go in through different gates at different times. I am totally across this. We leave early and walk through the woods. I think of the girls in years to come telling friends in the pub or over coffee at workContinue reading “Back to School”

Travel sick…

Our holiday starts with a long drive. A real ‘get away’ drive. Ten minutes into the journey Emily says, “I feel sick.” I suspect a bluff. She is sitting in the middle seat because it is usually the other two who get car sick and I thought they might fare better by a window. ThisContinue reading “Travel sick…”

Name Game

Names are a big thing. Playing ‘pretend’, the girls spend hours deciding the names of all the characters. Making them up. Changing them. Tweaking. Choosing a double name, or a first and second name. Reminding each other. Asking me if Aliocatrora really is a name and how to spell it. Then choosing Elsa. Or AuroraContinue reading “Name Game”

Me first…

Me first… Me first… Me first. ‘First’ is an important, impossible issue in our house. Here are the things I have said to try to mitigate this problem; Sometimes you have to wait. You are not always last. Your sister is not always first. Being last can be good. Patience is a useful thing toContinue reading “Me first…”

Happy Holidays!

So the summer holidays – yipppeeee….? After lockdown ‘home schooling’, an all-too-brief flutter of activity at the school gate (barely a few weeks of classes), and now the end of term. All three girls shuffled home for that last time, kicked off their shoes, dumped their bags at the bottom of the stairs and ranContinue reading “Happy Holidays!”

Oh sugar!

In my crusade against sugar, today I instigated a ‘new deal’. Anna has a bowl of porridge for breakfast every morning, and she likes to add sugar on the top. I can’t remember the origin of this arrangement. A good guess is that I suggested it to solve one problem – like a refusal toContinue reading “Oh sugar!”

Mummy, I can’t find…?

This question stops my heart. It freezes me. This question will always end in the name of a toy that is either (i) incredibly small (ii) hasn’t been seen, played with or mentioned for 18 months or (iii) I’ve already taken to the charity shop. I try not to say the classic line [‘where didContinue reading “Mummy, I can’t find…?”

Rapunzel’s Tidy Time

‘Sam do you know what I’m going to do now?’ I am looking at the living room floor, except that I’m not because I can’t see it, covered as it is with dressing up clothes. Strewn across the floor. I start picking them up in arm fills and stuffing them back into the dressing upContinue reading “Rapunzel’s Tidy Time”