Snowflakes and hope
The forecast was for heavy snow. By breakfast the first flurries start. The children marvel at the white droplets falling from the skies. “When can we go out and play,” Continue Reading →
Tag: Lakshmi
Santa stories
I can never predict how a Sunday morning will start. Last weekend Lavinia slept through till almost eight. Lakshmi was delighted to wake up first. I put my newspaper away Continue Reading →
Weekends and the kids
My head is hurting, the senses nauseous and the tongue parched. It is still early in the morning. Both the kids are fast asleep. I don’t want to wake them, Continue Reading →
Lakshmi and the English language
“You don’t understand English”, Lakshmi is looking at me. She was trying to explain something, which clearly was not right. I tried to explain why she had got it wrong. Continue Reading →
Fibs, lies and fantasies
Fibs, lies and fantasies, the radio show hosts are asking listeners to write in about their childhood memories. One told her friends that ‘Mr Men’ characters lived in the house Continue Reading →
Electricity is out
The blue tits have found the bird feeder in the garden and the squirrels eye them enviously from afar. The rain from the day before has left a sheen on Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s classes
Lakshmi’s Saturday classes have resumed and I need to pick her up from her dance lesson and take her for a swim session. The road is unfamiliar and my satnav Continue Reading →
Day out in Audley End
The Chief Elf ushered the two little fairies in our group to their allocated wagons. We follow and board the miniature train. Lakshmi’s excitement doubles now that she has been Continue Reading →
Childminding days
Something has caught Farrel’s eyes and he seems enamoured. I follow his gaze onto the courtyard. The compact courtyard below the theatre coffee room windows always reminds me of the Continue Reading →
Mothering Sunday
It is Mothering Sunday and yet for the first time in a very long time I am not on childminding duties. Both the kids had a fever over the last Continue Reading →
