Capitalist kids
I got the kids back today. At some point F said his teacher asked the kids in class to say …
Category Archives: a life babelicious
Shoutyness scale
So I asked the boys this morning to rate my shoutyness on a scale of 1 – 10 (where 1 …
Drawing the future
F commented to me earlier today, “You remember the little girl in the movie we watched – ‘We can be …
Acro skills
The boys horsing around and demonstrating their acro skills before chess club yesterday.
Musing on music & motivation
The boys had their end of term Suzuki Group violin concert today. O is well into Book 6 and is …
“Room to Grow”
O asked me where I was going when he saw me packing my bags before he was due to go …
The limbic system
[written and posted after the fact and back-dated] This weekend, O had a mini tantrum, and meltdown, the second in …
Winter half term
The kids spent the second week of their half term break with me, and we had a quiet, low-key half …
CNY Eve Reunion Dinner 2025
Had a little Chinese New Year Eve Reunion dinner with Steph and the boys. Dinner was choy sum with lardons, …
Promise delivered
My athletic New Year’s resolutions are not going well because I’ve sustained a bunch of injuries (shoulder, hip, and wrist) …