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Izzy’s recovered from her tree prang. Let’s give the pistes a rest for now. What happened to Plummy Mummy last week? Click here to find out

Whatever you’re doing, please spare a thought for Plummy Mummy this Christmas … Have you been skiing? What’s the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to you on the slopes?

Are you taking the kids to see Santa Claus? Plummy Mummy has another agenda … I lost my faith aged 6. My sister and I were lying in bed on Christmas Eve pretending to be asleep. The door opened a crack, and we glimpsed the big man in red (though strangely barefoot and […]

Child's drawing of Ai Wei Wei's blue balls

How did you amuse the children during Half Term? Entertaining them is a job and a half but just how hard could it be? A spot of culture shouldn’t go amiss. Ah, we thought, let’s take them to see the Poppies Or Rembrandt at the National Gallery Constable at the V&A Turner at Tate Britain […]

Are you having a laugh?

“When you sign up for Arthur Smith’s Comedy Workshop, expect the unexpected!” This is what Skyros Head Office told me when I rang them shortly before leaving for my first holiday in a decade with my great friend, Penny*. (Not her real name) She hadn’t had a proper sun and beach jolly in ten […]

As you may have seen last week, Plummy Mummy took a last minute holiday on her own when things fell through at home. She asked her boyfriend, Ollie Gorky, to keep an eye on the kids as nanny’s been in and out of the The Priory recently (good grief, ideas above her station!) Just the […]

My picture this week is about what happens when a desperate Mum chooses R&R over her children. Sun, sea, sand and sangria with a few friends should put Plummy Mummy in a good mood again. I’d probably go along too if Dhani Jones was there, and as well as a few choice competitors from the Glasgow 2014 […]

What are WE doing in the Easter Holidays this year? Ha Ha! If ONLY we were going skiing. Well actually maybe not. I love the idea of us all flying off to the Alps and shwooshing elegantly down snowy pistes in the bright Spring air, then gazing out of a chalet window over a crisp mountain […]

Have you taken the kids to see Santa at a Department Store near you? Here is a piccy of him without the fancy dress. Actually this is a 13th-century depiction of Saint Nicholas of Myra who has morphed over the centuries into Santa Claus. As any fule kno, he was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop from Lycia, […]

This week I’m going to look at parents and children on the school run. Pity the poor children like yours and mine who arrive bedraggled in the rain without proper transport. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Just ask Santa very nicely this year and, given miracles do sometimes happen, you too could […]

What are you doing for Half Term? Are you one of those parents who prepares months ahead? Do you book tickets for ‘Matilda’, save tokens for Legoland and try to pin down your relations for a visit? We’re the sort of family who normally realises a few days before the break that there won’t be […]

I’m away for a couple of weeks with other families. If you’re also going on your Summer Holiday or Long Vacation, have a fabulous, safe and happy time ! Read More

Wishing you all a brilliant half term and we have a competition you won’t want to miss! Read on … Gummy Mummy’s Bank Holiday Monday isn’t quite what you would expect from someone of her age. Not to be outdone by her son Oscar, the jet ski looked pretty appealing when it came to showing […]

Seb’s Holiday Diary isn’t like anyone else’s. His mother, Higher Flyer is still in NY, but from their Skype conversations, she can see he’s keeping up with his homework. Read More

Plummy Mummy gets the message on her smartphone – school’s back and now she can do important things like going back to her Pilates class. Smythson’s have delivered the personalised calfskin appointment diary for Izzy. She can write a bit about her holidays like the teacher asked her to. Read More

Oscar was going to cover his Holiday Diary in photos of his sporting heroes. Gummy Mummy got there first. Oh, the shame of it – the sixties is so OVER. For the second time. Heir Raising asks what you do if you have an older mum? Best to pretend she’s your Gran. No, your great-Gran. […]

Back to school next week but have the holiday diaries been finished? Mission Mum is on top of this but will Persephone and Dante have the biggest and best ones? Heir Raising asks: will both Mission Mum and the Holiday Diaries be ready for school? Read More

Ok. A while back I said Serial Mum was going Glamping in the hols. Well this is stretching the truth a bit as it implies something a bit luxurious. Except she does have staff. A staff of five children. (Apart from the baby who’s pretty useless at helping out). Husband Gary will be along for […]

Mission Mum is on a mission as ever. She’s not going to outsource this sort of thing. Swimming coaches can’t be relied on to push the kids hard enough. Not when you have the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in your sites for Persephone or Dante. Only 3 years to go. How to exercise your kids […]