Last week I received my son’s school report. It was a glowing report that said my son was a kind, gentle and friendly child. I did at first wonder if the teacher had got the children mixed up! She obviously has not seen him at home interacting with his sister as kind, gentle and friendly are not words I would use!
Having said that, reading his first ever school report brought a tear to my eyes. I was a very proud mummy indeed. He is doing well in most areas although his writing needs a bit of help. He has difficulty deciding which hand to write with. He is predominately left-handed but he sees everyone else writing with their right hand so he tries to do the same.
With my daughter about to start pre-school in September it suddenly occurred to me that they are not babies anymore. How time flies! This realisation prompted me to get out all the baby photos which only served to make me feel guilty as for some reason I cannot explain, we did not take anywhere near as many photos of child number two. It might be a little bit early for resolutions but I have made one anyway! I am going to take more pictures.
The amount of things I remembered while looking at the photos was astonishing. In ten years time I want to be able to look back and relive these treasured moments that without photos would have been forgotten.
I would urge you all to follow my lead!
There are lots of photo websites where you can get free prints for a small delivery charge. I will scour the net and add some links for them soon!
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Saturday, 16 July 2011
There Is A First Time For Everything ....
Ok here goes! My very first attempt at blogging. My intention is to post once a week (I was going to say once a day but this is unrealistic!) and keep you up to date with things that have happened, savings, discounts and freebies I have found and the occassion rant should I feel the need!
I thought I would start by telling you a bit about myself! I am a full time working Mum who is also studying towards CIMA (Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants). I have two children, a boy aged 5 and a girl who was 3 earlier in the week. There is also my husband whose support is invaluable.
I will post the funny things the children come out with, the frustration, guilt and anxiety that every working mother feels and hope that someone somewhere finds it entertaining. Also those everyday things that sometimes just cannot be explained and leave me wondering how the hell that happened will also be explored!
And so to my first rant - Schools!
When will they realise that as I working parent I cannot just chop and change my annual leave to suit them!
Two things this week really irritated me. Firstly, Sports Day. As it would have been the boys first one I really wanted to be there. So the date was set and I had booked the afternoon off work. They then changed the date so I had to re-arrange my days holiday, that in itself wasn't too bad but the school could not say whether it would be morning or afternoon that my son would be taking part! I booked the afternoon and prayed for a bit of luck. As it turned out the boy was ill and didn't go to school that day! Disappoined doesn't really cover it, still it could not be helped.
Secondly, Parents Evening is actually parents day now. All appointments were made for parents without consultation as to who could actually make what times. I have now negotiated a later time but I still have to leave work early to make it. I know the boys education is important and I want him to know we care about it so it is a good job I have understanding employers otherwise this would have been a total nightmare.
I thought I would start by telling you a bit about myself! I am a full time working Mum who is also studying towards CIMA (Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants). I have two children, a boy aged 5 and a girl who was 3 earlier in the week. There is also my husband whose support is invaluable.
I will post the funny things the children come out with, the frustration, guilt and anxiety that every working mother feels and hope that someone somewhere finds it entertaining. Also those everyday things that sometimes just cannot be explained and leave me wondering how the hell that happened will also be explored!
And so to my first rant - Schools!
When will they realise that as I working parent I cannot just chop and change my annual leave to suit them!
Two things this week really irritated me. Firstly, Sports Day. As it would have been the boys first one I really wanted to be there. So the date was set and I had booked the afternoon off work. They then changed the date so I had to re-arrange my days holiday, that in itself wasn't too bad but the school could not say whether it would be morning or afternoon that my son would be taking part! I booked the afternoon and prayed for a bit of luck. As it turned out the boy was ill and didn't go to school that day! Disappoined doesn't really cover it, still it could not be helped.
Secondly, Parents Evening is actually parents day now. All appointments were made for parents without consultation as to who could actually make what times. I have now negotiated a later time but I still have to leave work early to make it. I know the boys education is important and I want him to know we care about it so it is a good job I have understanding employers otherwise this would have been a total nightmare.
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