Sensory · 6 min read
The Bonfire Night plan we make every year
Headphones on the hook, a window instead of a field, and an exit we agree on.
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Routines · 5 min read
The clocks went back and my son did not
Dark at half past four, awake at five: what we changed in the first week.
Siblings · 4 min read
Playdough as a peace treaty
Wren and Arlo cannot share a sofa, but they can share one lump of dough.
School · 9 min read
The one-page note for the supply teacher
Seven lines about Wren on a single sheet, for the day her teacher is away.
Sensory · 7 min read
The beanbag, the blanket and the fairy lights
How a corner of our living room was built, cheaply, over one wet weekend.
Routines · 6 min read
A month with the timetable on the fridge
Which cards we use every day, which get ignored, and the one Arlo removed himself.
Siblings · 5 min read
The puddle on the way to school
Wren avoids every puddle, Arlo needs to find them all, and we still reach the gate.
School · 10 min read
What I asked the school for, in the first fortnight
Four small requests in an email of six lines, and what I let go of.
Sensory · 5 min read
The shirt with the tag and the jumper with the seam
Sunday-night clothes sorting, and the school jumper we ended up buying three times.
School · 8 min read
The dress rehearsal for the first day of term
Shoes, bag, the walk to the gate, then home for biscuits, two days early.
Routines · 6 min read
Bedtime in seven steps, drawn on a card
The order we never change, and the one step Wren is allowed to swap.
Siblings · 7 min read
Two kinds of holiday in one small caravan
Arlo wants the beach at seven, Wren wants the caravan quiet. A week of taking turns.
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