This is a familiar scene at our house. We are committed to having an open house policy for our boys and their friends, I mean, at Ethan’s age he’s much happier with his friends around and that makes my life easier so everyone wins. Nixon, adores the big boys and they love him right back – at the moment anyway! …
Childhood Unplugged
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t realize it at the moment, but I’m hoping that this Saturday just been will firmly cement itself in Ethan’s head in an “oh yeah, that’s what we did when I was a kid” kinda way. It won’t be a Best Day of My Life kind of memory, more of the Normal Day in the Neighborhood variety; …
The Boy/Girl Conundrum
Before finishing off Nixie’s Christmas Shopping yesterday, I was enjoying a bit of downtime getting my nails done and chatting away to the nail tech. We were {of course} discussing our kids and their Christmas wish lists. She was so sad to hear that I had two boys and commiserated over this fact for what seemed like forever! I have …
Who even has a 10 year old anyway?
Life is mental. Then your eldest son turns 10 and life gets more mental and you just get really o l d . On Friday E turns 10 and this means {if my maths is correct} that Dave and I have been parents for 10 freaking years! What the?! Double whammy actually as this also means we have been married …