Back to Skool… …or college, or, for many of us, to the wonderful world of work. There may have been the odd day or two back at work post-Christmas already (more for some of us), but this is the Proper ‘Back to’ moment, isn’t it? The one when all the decos have been taken down …
Happy New Year! What is it about resolutions? What compels us to make them, and break them, up to 20% of them, apparently within the first week of January? What makes us think, I will organise the family, keep them to a strict, nay military, regime in the morning, and we will all arrive at …
It can be a tricky one, can’t it, if your child’s birthday falls in that immediate post-Christmas period when each and everyone is totally partied out and looking forward to chilling. You have to decide – do you cheat a bit and combine it with Christmas, give them one big gift and try your best …
Try these party games: some need a little preparation to be really successful. Ages 3-6 Ice breaker This is a good way to keep kids busy until everyone has arrived. You’ll need: Thin card, and a table ready with stick- on stars, paper shapes, crayons, and sparkly bits and pieces. A couple of glue-sticks. A …
When do you start thinking about your resolutions? Before the 1st January? Straight after you’ve fallen onto the sofa surrounded by unopened carrier bags, sipping from a cup of cocoa? Before you’ve hung away those ‘impulse buys’? Can you hear your justifications, year on year, ‘I will wear it, honest. Maybe to that party. You …
So, anyone else hear the sound of tumbleweed roll across the ground when, as soon as the crusts have curled on the turkey sandwiches, someone suggests trotting off together as a family to the sales? Battling the crowds before you begin battling the post-Christmas bulge? Shed more money before you shed the pounds you’ve piled …