With me working full-time and the kids now fully fledged teenagers, this week’s post focuses on how to create 3 mid-week meals with Dolmio at speed! With the boys now regularly eating me out of house and home, I need to prepare more wholesome evening meals, that will not have them blurting “I’m still hungry!” at the…
Perfect Packed Lunch for Teenagers
You might have seen the surprising news recently that one in six eats the same packed lunch EVERY day! This was a survey that was commissioned by Covent Garden Soup and I was quite shocked by the results. I remember seeing it in the Telegraph. Now I know I’ve been packing lunches since 2008 for…
My top tip on how to nurture teen boys
How to nurture teen boys? Today’s post is not the usual lunchbox idea, but a tip on how to nurture teen boys. I’ve joined up with a brand new linky focusing on practical advice and help for parents with teen kids. If you are regular readers of this blog you will know I have 3…
How to Build Self-Esteem in Teen Kids
Today’s post is not the usual lunch box foodie post, but it’s an important one I’m keen to share and is something that has been praying on my mind. Self-esteem in teen kids is today’s topic. Just like us adults, we all have our off days, our wobble days as I call them, but it’s…
Can A Week Get Much Worse?
What a week… Not normally wanting to dwell on negative things, I just have to quickly explain why we’ve been so silent… and then of course, get on to the topic of lunch boxes again… First the snow came. Well, yes, I know. We’ve all had our bit of snow. Everyone can cope with a…
The One Where I Helped On A School Trip…
From questioning if I’m a bad mother a couple of weeks ago, I then volunteered to help out on a school trip for Spike, who’s just started secondary school. There were about 8 helpers, each with 6 kids each, to guide on and off the coach with their kit, tickets, then collect them with all their kit after, herd…
So How High Is OK?
We keep being told our brood is sporty. We’ve the sporty, go-getting kids, always out and about with the wind in their hair, whilst some of our friends have the stay-at-home types. Nothing wrong in that. Ours at the weekends are usually found out on their bikes, up a tree, down a ditch, on their…
So How Was October Half Term For You?
Well, we had a bit of this… And a bit of that… Now before we go any further, I just have to say, it’s taken weeks to achieve this jump! So this was a proud moment for Spike and I managed to capture it before he whizzed past, out of camera range!And then we found this, absolutely…
Travelling with Kids and How Times Change…
Just a couple of weeks ago we spent a fleeting few days down in France – pure idyllic, restful, calm, an escape from the busy life in the UK, on the edge of Lake Annecy, the perfect setting for promenading, scooters, and just strolling, seeing how stylishly the French dress and so on.We opted to…
Manic Monday – School Run Rage
In sharp contrast to yesterday’s dreamy Spring Sunday, it was back to earth with a bump this morning. As always the missed hour is only ever noticed on the Monday. Yep, it’s designed that way. I am sure of it. You never notice it on the Sunday, you don’t even feel tired on the Sunday…