Parenting

Return of the not so phantom menace.

by Penbleth on Friday 4 May, 2012

What an odd week. After months of fairly consistently good behaviour 13 has been such a rascal this week. We had the saga on Tuesday of the child who wouldn’t come home. Then it appears that yesterday she wouldn’t get OFF the bus when she got to school. Stroppy doesn’t begin to describe her some [...]

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Decisions on a see-saw.

by Penbleth on Wednesday 2 May, 2012

  Yesterday started out pretty nicely. I was home, I had time, the day was mine to do with as I pleased. Well, as long as I got all the house stuff done but let’s pretend we don’t have to do that, sooooo dull. Around the time I was expecting 13 to return from school [...]

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Peace.

by Penbleth on Tuesday 1 May, 2012

Peace. Mayphotoaday. © L McG-E. 2012. All rights reserved. There is a moment, it doesn’t last long, when the house is empty, kids gone to school and the day stretches out in front of me. I take that moment, breathe it in, enjoy it, relish it. The day will rush on with its needs and demands [...]

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It’s all in the eyes.

by Penbleth on Sunday 29 April, 2012

Tonight is another respite night. You know I look forward to them. The time to not have to make 13 our number one priority is freeing. The chance to go out and relax isn’t bad either.     The hunt for new food experiences took us to a Lebanese restaurant. 17 wanted to know what [...]

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All of the words but not necessarily in the right order.

by Penbleth on Thursday 19 April, 2012

That was yesterday. Yesterday was definitely a, if it can go wrong it will, sort of day. Which sucked. First 13 woke REALLY early and taunted me. Then we turned up for an appointment with the neurologist to find out we should have been there the day before.   As we marched back along the [...]

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