Browsing Tag

children

  • My baby’s first pair of shoes

    Tweet It’s No 1 Son’s birthday today, and it’s a big one; he’s a young man now, with strong ideas about what he wants to do with his life and career and a whole…

    January 19, 2015
  • The Toy Story effect

    Tweet We’ve been in our new house for exactly a month now, and most of it is pretty much organised. I’ve unpacked, decluttered and everything has its place. Except, that is, for No 1 Son’s…

    January 13, 2015
  • Christmas jumper day 2013

    Tweet As you know this year we’re supporting Save The Children in our house as our Christmas charity. And tomorrow (or today, if you’re reading this on Friday 13 December) it’s Christmas jumper day…

    December 12, 2013
  • All I want for Christmas

    Tweet It’s funny how you reach a certain stage in life where receiving Christmas presents ceases to be the most important thing about the holidays. Maybe it’s a sign of maturity, or maybe it’s…

    December 1, 2013
  • A slice of London life

    Tweet I took this photo for World Photography Day on Monday. What I wanted to capture was a typical scene on a London bus – crowded, chaotic, different generations. The woman sitting down isn’t…

    August 21, 2013
  • The One where I go on Mum Strike

    Tweet I’m pretty tolerant when it comes to domestic stuff – not even my best friends could call me fastidious. But I do like things to be clean and fairly tidy. Unfortunately, like many…

    August 19, 2013
  • The girl who liked to play with buckets

    Tweet Since the only things I like to play with now are cosmetics, jewellery and gadgets (oh not THOSE kind of gadgets, people, come on), it’s hard to believe there was a time when…

    August 7, 2013
  • A woman of substance

    Tweet I love this photo of my grandmother, taken in the Twenties. She’s talking to one of her sons, and I’m guessing she’s on her way out for the evening – judging by her…

    June 12, 2013
  • Happy Birthday to my sister

    Tweet It’s my sister‘s birthday today – we were born 18 months apart, which was, really, a mixed blessing when we growing up. It meant we always had each other to play with, and…

    May 11, 2013
  • Delight

    Tweet I took this photo of my friend Lisa’s daughter, Mia, when they came round for lunch. As you can see Mia has the most enchanting smile. For some reason she insisted on bringing…

    April 24, 2013