by rlcadmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Christmas, Life and Family
There’s no better time than Christmas for games, and adults having the time to sit down and play them is one of my best and fondest childhood memories. But as wonderful as board games are, they are not for everyone; and for those who really can’t face the...
by rlcadmin | Feb 15, 2019 | Life and Family
The little one (LO) needed to have a blood test. We’ve known about this for a few months, and the appointment came through for this week. In an ideal world, this is how that first conversation would have gone: Me: So, you need to have a blood test, darling. The...
by rlcadmin | Jan 31, 2019 | Life and Family
Last week I wrote about the wonderful time I had with my sister, on our personal shop – and why it was about so much more than clothes. What I didn’t mention was that it was so much more than a trip to a shopping centre – it was my first trip away alone since I had...
by rlcadmin | Dec 21, 2018 | Christmas
The urge to create Christmas perfection is all around us – from social media, adverts, and even inherited from a parent (fans of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation will understand parental festive fanaticism). It’s so easy to feel that what we’re doing isn’t...
by rlcadmin | Dec 14, 2018 | Christmas, School
There is so much magic in the infants’ Nativity Play, from the obvious and undeniable cute factor, to the shepherd who won’t give Baby Jesus his lamb (one of them threw it through the stable window in a nativity my sister did – most amusing,...
