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Fun days out (even time at the beach) are now very much behind us and back to school preparation has descended upon our household! School shoes that have seen better days and PE kit t-shirts that were once white now a mud-stained mess will be replaced. School uniform that has been sitting waiting to be labelled since the start of the last term might finally get a label on it! Oh and not forgetting the end of the holidays hunt for the school reading and library books!
I know I have had two weeks to complete all of these tasks but somehow the time has
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just slipped away, leaving me rushing around at the last minute worrying about getting it all done! I’m sure I’m in good company though, right?!
As I’m running around getting the last minute tasks done I’m reminded of a conversation I had with Mops in the first couple of days of the holidays. We were in the car and he said ‘Mum, I’m not sure holidays from school is a good idea?!’ Hmmm, where is this going?! All children love school holidays, don’t they? So I replied ‘Why’s that then? ‘ ‘Well I’m going to forget how to do my
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‘j’s’ At the time I thought how cute is that!
Now, as I’m rushing around worrying about the return to school, work etc I’m wondering what the boys worries are?! Will Mops have remembered how to do his ‘j’s’? Is that going to bother him tomorrow or will he just stroll into school not even giving it a second thought?
Who knows, we’ll see what tomorrow brings! Meanwhile, good luck to all those parents out there that are going to be battling the shops today for those last minute school necessities! Have a good first day back! Oh and
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Mops I can’t wait to see all your ‘j’s’ xxx
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Nikki Roberts - 3 Jan 16
Fun days out (even time at the beach) are now very much behind us and back to school preparation has descended upon our household! School shoes that have seen better days and PE kit t-shirts that were once white now a mud-stained mess will be replaced. School uniform that has been sitting waiting to be labelled since the start of the last term might finally get a label on it! Oh and not forgetting the end of the holidays hunt for the school reading and library books!
I know I have had two weeks to complete all of these tasks but somehow the time has just slipped away, leaving me rushing around at the last minute worrying about getting it all done! I’m sure I’m in good company though, right?!
As I’m running around getting the last minute tasks done I’m reminded of a conversation I had with Mops in the first couple of days of the holidays. We were in the car and he said ‘Mum, I’m not sure holidays from school is a good idea?!’ Hmmm, where is this going?! All children love school holidays, don’t they? So I replied ‘Why’s that then? ‘ ‘Well I’m going to forget how to do my ‘j’s’ At the time I thought how cute is that!
Now, as I’m rushing around worrying about the return to school, work etc I’m wondering what the boys worries are?! Will Mops have remembered how to do his ‘j’s’? Is that going to bother him tomorrow or will he just stroll into school not even giving it a second thought?
Who knows, we’ll see what tomorrow brings! Meanwhile, good luck to all those parents out there that are going to be battling the shops today for those last minute school necessities! Have a good first day back! Oh and Mops I can’t wait to see all your ‘j’s’ xxx
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Hi, I’m Nikki, busy Mum to two little fellas, communications professional and a lover of running (jogging, not sprinting). Since my boys arrival life seems to be on fast forward. I want to make sure I capture all the precious memories of them growing up somewhere other than just in my frazzled brain, hence the birth of ‘Slugs and Snails Tales’. ‘Slugs and Snails Tales’ shares my adventures of raising boys, the fun, the challenges and how I am becoming an expert on mud, dirt and football!
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