Face mask or not, the school gate is … well … a challenge. I’m not really ready to go public at that time of day. It is all I can do to get the girls ready, and now that we have to queue outside and have temperature checks, it’s just not the quick in andContinue reading “The school gate”
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Do I know you?
We are playing swing ball in the garden. Sam – my delicate, kind, gentle Sam – is getting pretty good. She whacks the ball and flies round, whizzing past my nose. “That was mega!” she grins proudly. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve even been in the company of someone who uses “mega” like that, letContinue reading “Do I know you?”
This is how I do it…
A what’s app message landed at 9.05am. It was from my friend Eleanor. It read; I only have to get one to school on time, in uniform, homework done, packed lunch and PE kit in hand, and I know we are supposed to walk but most mornings it’s the car for us…. and all thisContinue reading “This is how I do it…”
Gate crashers
It is birthday party season. Something about autumn. We walked into the hall and the girls, dressed in their finest, ran off to join the other kids as the entertainer blasted music, balloons and smoke all over them. Presumably this was the warm up. I peered through the smoke to find a familiar face. Strange,Continue reading “Gate crashers”
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!”
