PLENTY of people went on long car journey over the bank holiday weekend, but not all of them have such weird in-car rules as my friend. Sarah has banned anyone from clapping while she’s driving. That is strange, isn’t it? Heart Breakfast listeners got in touch to tell us their rules. James says ‘no’ to sweets, chocolate and make-up in the car. With a wife and two eighteen month olds, that’s no mean feat. My favourite was from Claire, whose stereo has conked out and so everyone who gets in her vehicle has to sing a song to her.
In just about a year, my little one will be starting school and there seems to be a lot of ‘mum chat’ about it everywhere I go. The question that comes up is: where will you send her? Here’s my first point. I wasn’t aware that we got a choice, I thought you just went to the nearest and that was it? There are three schools in our village, all of them seem fine, so which one do I go for? One is just two hundred yards from home. I have this romantic idea of swishing along each day in the sunshine to pick up my cherub from her day spent being a genius, when in actual fact it will be an awful sight, as I run in the rain wearing flip flops looking like a drowned rat, to pick up a little minx and her indecipherable paintings! I’ve checked out all their websites, all much of a muchness, but one thing stood out. There was a post asking parents to leave the children’s PE kit in school, FOR AN ENTIRE TERM!!! What? Do they expect it to only be washed every three months?!
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