For some time now, our eight-year-old daughter, Helen, has been wanting to go ice skating. It’s something she had an unsuccessful attempt at a few years ago, but with enough water under the bridge, she wanted to try it again.
Picture the scene: it’s a wet weekend and you’ve already spent a lot of time being active with the children. Regardless of the weather, you’ve maybe been outside and got cold, wet and muddy or maybe undertaken an activity like soft play.
Remember the blog post I wrote the other day about the costume my daughter needed for her school’s ancient Greek day? How it inspired me and how I was going to improve on my track record of creating duff costumes? It wasn’t so simple. Despite all my efforts, this one also turned out to be
Do you know a ‘Super Achiever’, a mum or dad who has somehow managed to strike that elusive balance between work and family life? If so, you have the opportunity to put them forward for a special award and I’m delighted to say I will be one of the judges.
Somewhere, on an old and long-obsolete iPhone, I have a short video of Helen in a park. The phone was misplaced some time ago and so I haven’t seen the video in ages, but I can still picture it vividly in my mind’s eye.
