Starting a new term is expensive

WH on April 15th, 2008

The start of new term brings with it the usual trip to the market. New shoes have to be bought to replace the ones that are too old or too small. Battered lunch boxes have to be retired  and torn school bags have to be replaced. This might be simpler and more easily accomplished if it weren’t performed in the heat of the blazing sun dragging irritable kids around with you. That is one of the very few times I take my kids to the market. Obviously they’ll have to try things on before I buy them. That’s a major task in itself. Thank God there are only 3 terms in a year!

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Back to school

WH on April 15th, 2008

School has started again for the kids after the Easter holidays. Due to illness my kids didn’t go to school on Monday. I managed to get one of them off this morning and hopefully, gradually everything will be back to normal. I think some kind of stomach bug must be going round because I know […]

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Do your children watch too much tv?

WH on March 8th, 2008

As I mentioned a few days ago,I went for an English exam last week. In the written test, we were asked to write about why watching too much tv could be harmful to children between 7 and  11 years. I  was in heaven.  Sometimes, taking  an  exam  as  an  older  candidate has its advantages. This […]

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