I'm the eldest by a few months and with that comes maturity, responsibility and wisdom. I have 5 children, she has one. Three of mine ha...

1.The kids used to get in the bath with me, then they reached the stage where they would get in the bath water after me, then they insisted ...

I've talked about this before in regards to my 15yo son, but it appears nothing has changed or is going to change. 'He is disruptive...

For those of you that read my tweets you'll know I have lots of problems with my 15 year old and his behaviour, however I know that if ...

I read this on twitter today from @parentpages ‘Gender disappointment’: Coping with the ‘wrong’ baby >> do you want a boy or a girl ...

I am fed up of hearing 'news' stories of this bloody volcano and peoples stories of survival, how they are stranded in hotels, on ho...

My step son, is 20 and is in the British Army based in Germany. He is in the REME. He constantly moans about the lack of equipment and how w...

Watching Midsomers Murders on the TV and following the twitter stream. It seems to be the general opinion of the viewers the best thing to d...

I've been out of work in the past when I've had children or we've moved but have only ever claimed benefits on two occasions and...

Today my youngest is 11, he's the one on the right. He wanted to go 10 pin bowling and invite his whole year group. I investigated the c...

I have 5 kids (3 boys my own and 2 step children) who I have raised collectively since October 1999 aged 17-28. There have been many ...

Twitter is an interactive website. Tell me something funny and I'll retweet, tell me something of interest and I'll retweet, tell me...

I really think that people who use Twitter as a self publicity post are missing out an awful lot. If you're a celebrity, footballer etc ...

If the answer is yes and you want me to congratulate you or offer words of support then tell me and I will be there for you. However, don...

Planning this years holiday has made me think about some of the things have happened to us as a family on our travels. France 2000 Hubby...

OFFSIDE POSITION It is not an offence in itself to be in an off side position. A player is in an offside position if: he is nearer to h...

Yesterday there were two tweets that upset me. When I write random tweets or make silly inappropriate comments people will respond to me and...

I am not a writer or am I an authoritarian on life. When I blog it is in response to conversations I've had in real life or on twitter a...

There are loads of blogs out there on being a parent with young children. 'Is smacking wrong?' 'How much TV is too much?' an...

Have been reading @mediocre_mum's blog on terms of endearment and adults referring to them selves as Auntie and Uncle. http://mediocremu...

There have been many interesting debates on the use of Airport scanners. I work in Child Protection and have been asked many times for infor...

A brief picture of my family. On any one night they can be 1 person in this house or there could be 7. My family is combined of a husband wi...

Having fun this week as the winner of #fancydressfriday. Wearing my costume at a variety of locations. Hubby slightly am...