Category: Family Life
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It’s Christmas!
Ah this boy of mine… he’s been quite a handful since our calendar moved to December! The middle of the night wake-ups have been pretty telling of his excitement that this is the month of Christmas! You know what though? It’s worth it to see him so happy. He’s been going back and forth to…
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Monthly Bucket List: December 2017
Last month I decided to start taking part in Twinderelmo‘s Monthly Bucket List for the first time. I like the idea of having some goals for the month, and it keeps me accountable. Or at least that’s the idea! First off, let’s see how we did with last month’s bucket list: FAMILY Go…
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Parent’s Evening – A Proud Mama Moment!
Parent’s Evening… it’s that time of term when you go in, half worried, half hopeful, to speak to your kids’ teachers to find out how they’re *really* doing at school. That was me a couple of weeks ago anyway… I had high hopes, but you always have that little voice in the back of your…
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Reasons to be Cheerful #2
It’s been a quieter week here, Max has been a bit poorly the last couple of days and was off school, and I’ve basically been studying and binge watching The Vampire Diaries. Bonfire Night was a total success for the second year running! Above is a little clip of Max enjoying it – very grainy…
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My Kids are my Superheroes
I sometimes get comments from other mums saying they think I’m a superhero being a single mama, and having a child with special needs on top, and yeah, I do handle a fair amount by myself to be fair… But here’s the thing- my boys my superheroes. Zack is endlessly patient and kind to…
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Reasons To Be Cheerful #1
Practicing gratitude is such an important facet of my life. Sometimes my friends giggle at how easily pleased I am – I’m the person who gets stupidly happy when there are no cars on the road by my house so I can pull away easily during the school run! I always looking for the lesson…
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Monthly Bucket List: November 2017
I first saw the Monthly Bucket List linky on Alana from Burnished Chaos‘s blog a few months ago and I’ve been meaning to join in since. It’s hosted once a month by Beth from Twinderelmo and this is my first attempt… here goes nothing! Family Go to our local Bonfire Night celebrations with friends. Max…
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Trialling an Earlier Bedtime with my Autistic Child
Earlier bedtimes with an autistic child can be really draining. Max’s bedtime has had to be at 9pm for nearly five years now. Any earlier and we would have repeated night waking, and just getting up for the day as early as 1-3am. It’s no fun being sleep deprived, so with the help of a…
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Now You Are Ten: The Max Edition
Max, you are TEN! I can’t quite believe it. How did my little dude get so grown up?! I swear it feels like yesterday that you were just a newborn, a toddler, a pre-schooler, a little kid. Now you’re starting to grow up and it’s an absolute delight to see how far you’ve come. I’m…
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Hello September, thank you August!
Wow… how can it possibly be September already? This year really is flying by, isn’t it? August was a busy one for us here in the SoftThistle household with the summer holidays coming to an end and the boys going back to school, me signing up for self-employment and ending with us getting a new…