Miss Cherry Red

(Disclaimer: I am well aware that this post makes me sound like an ungrateful and whiny bitch.  I’m sorry in advance) Apparently my home town played host to a rock festival this weekend and that royally screwed up my bank holiday pilgrimage to my in laws. The Hot Geek and Keira on the other hand went. They left [...]

DISCLAIMER: I fully accept that this blog may offend. ********************** My rules are my rules and my daughter will abide by them. I do not sit her down and ask her what she would like to do and negotiate a happy ending. I tell her what to do. If she’s upset, we talk about it [...]

I learned a valuable lesson this week in how to constructively spend my time with Keira after she shared a secret with Daddy during her bedtime story. I learned that children keep nothing sacred. Here is parenting according to the Hot Geek: To teach Keira her numbers (eg: her times tables) To teach Keira to write [...]

Dear Dad It’s Fathers Day today and for the first time in a long time, I’m not at home to see you. I don’t even think I remembered a card.  How rubbish is that? I know, I know, you’ll tell me that you don’t need a card and that you don’t want anything for Fathers [...]

I took a picture of my daughter at the weekend and the photo shocked me. I always tell her that she is my Baby.  My angel. Yet it occurs to me that she is not a baby anymore. I can’t even call her a toddler with any conviction. She is a fully fledged little girl. [...]

(rant alert) Remember a while ago I wrote about the perils and pitfalls of picking a primary school for Keira. No? Read it here. In September last year Keira moved into her final year at nursery. It was fairly seamless. She kept her group of friends and she made a whole batch of new ones. [...]

I must be the worlds worst parent. Why? Because I broke my daughter. Seriously. I don’t know how, and I don’t know why, all I know is that she no longer believes in fairy tales. I could cry Don’t get me wrong, I know that at some point she’s going to know that the Easter [...]

Keira is not very nice today. I know I’m already in danger of breaching resolution #1 but I don’t give a toss. She is horrible and quite frankly I didn’t spend 18 hours in labour for to have the attitude of a 16 year old at 3. Someone, anyone, please tell me it gets better. [...]

… and just incase you needed proof of just how cold is it outside: That proves it definitively.  The gospel according to iPhone shows.  More snow due too.  Joy. So.  What do you do when it’s freezing out. Two words: Dress.  Up: I think you’ll find the likeness between Keira and Stephanie from LazyTown quite [...]

I survived a whole day at home with Keira. She refused everything I offered her for her dinner. Instead, she spent all afternoon asking me for biscuits and breadsticks. She even asked me to bake cakes with her because today I was her best friend. That’s right, I was her best friend. She didn’t just like me [...]