I have lots of questions about what happened at the Christmas Eve service...👀

My three year old is refusing to wear a novelty Christmas tree headpiece at nursery tomorrow because “hairbands are for girls” and so he “only wants to wear it at home” and this is the narrow view of gender you get if you raise a boy in a household that doesn’t watch association football.

You can have a tastefully, symmetrically decorated gingerbread house or you can let small children be involved. It can’t be both. Choose wisely.

Christmas craft workshop and live nativity animals, SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER 10-12, University Church on Oxford High Street. Animals include donkey, Shetland pony, sheep, goats and chickens. Feed and grooming included. Probably not grooming the chickens though, they won’t like it.

Out of interest, how often does someone hiring a bouncy castle from a local business request it be set up in a different country?

Me: You are not allowed to wrestle with your brother. You will break him. The Preschooler: God will make a new one. Me: God only makes one of everyone! God makes everyone special. TP: WELL, there were 2 white mans at church. Me: What? TP: There were 2 white hair mans. Me:They were DIFFERENT PEOPLE!

I’m seeing plenty of adverts declaring “Black Friday is upon us” or similar. But shouldn’t Black Friday be on a Friday? It’s Monday.

The Preschooler: At Lego church, I will make a motorbike. Me: Yes, well you’re really supposed to make something from the Bible story. There’s a different one each time. But there aren’t any motorbikes in the Bible. The Preschooler: There should be a new Bible.

I’m 44,000 words into the first draft of a novel that’s planned to be around 80,000. We‘ve passed the midpoint and it’s all kicking off. This is my third novel and I’m really hoping this will be the one. I’m doing a course with @cbcreative.bsky.social and it’s pushing me in a good way.

Good evening, had a lovely time with the kids at a local all-age music group today but unfortunately I don’t think I can go back because I zoned out and missed singing my own name during the hello song and everyone was staring at me waiting to say my name and I was confused.

Sad to see another Theology course disappear: Read More: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...

Does anyone know please, with the Oxford congestion charge if there’s a way to see how many permits you’ve used? Or are you supposed to keep a tally? Thanks.

I visited a school today. Teacher: And it’s anti-bullying week so we’re doing odd sock day. Me: (trying to look professional and not like that is something I do every day anyway.) I see.

The preschooler: I want to write a will. Me: I’m sorry, WHAT? He wanted to write with a quill.

Cassock chic from Winona Ryder at the Stranger Things premier 😍

Well, apparently it was an inset day today. I did think the school run was quiet 🙄.

Would anyone please like to offer their thoughts on Yoto vs Tonies? I will be buying either second-hand and buying the toys/cards second hand as well.

Autumn leaves

I really want someone to ask me how I scratched my face so I can explain I was pretending to use a banana as a phone and the top of the banana turned out to be scratchy.

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Me: Darling, last week the swimming teacher said you did 10/10 listening. Do you think you could do that again this week? The Preschooler [proudly]: I’m going to do ten out of NINETEEN!

“It’s not sad that he died. He’s gone up to fly a kite with Jesus.” Clergy child watches Mary Poppins.

Do you ever lie awake wondering if you could have been a figure skating prodigy?

I read VOGUE so you don’t have to! Here’s what’s in with the high fashion crowd this season: 1 TIGHTS WITH NO TOPS just tights on their own 2 STANDING IN CORNERS 3 Standing on a giant plate 4 Crawling along the floor with one hand out and your head making contact with the floor. You’re welcome!

Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”

Imagine being so excited for the Aldi wooden toy event that you arrive two Thursdays early 😳.

Planning coffee with a baby mum I met… Her: And I go to this baby group in the morning as well do you want to come? Me: Wait no this is my one thing a day.

www.universitychurch.ox.ac.uk/events/littl... book launch tonight at the University Church, Oxford

Me: Goodnight, my love (hugs my 3 year old). 3 Year Old: I don’t like persons squeezing children.

Catholic private schools round the country are closing: my Alma Mater, Aton Convent and Our Lady’s Abingdon both closed this summer. But I’m carrying on the Catholic School energy at children’s church today, with a rousing rendition of “God said to Noah, there’s going to be a floody floody..”

Tobias is maintaining his perfect track record for enthusiastically participating in a free trial class and then, when I sign him up and pay the term’s fee, rolling on the floor crying and declaring I DON’T LIKE THIS.

Happy Hildegard of Bingen day to late bloomers! She didn’t start writing until she was 42. It’s not too late to pursue your dreams 🙂

Me, when I find a great babysitter: Thanks, this has been great. We should do this again sometime. The babysitter: Actually I’m moving to New Zealand on Friday. Kind of reminds me of back when I was dating!

My childhood self cannot cope with the fact that someone on our local facebook page is giving all this away for free.

Question: it‘s well established that it’s a racist/xenophobic microaggression to ask someone where they’re from. But if someone you are chatting to alludes to being from another country, e.g. mentions they always used to cook with a particular herb that doesn’t grow in this country 1/2

#writeCBC She ran her hand through the soft balls of cotton socks. One felt jagged. The sharp corner of a cardboard photograph was sticking out. She carefully unpeeled the image from its innocuous wrapping. It was a grainy, black-and white-picture of a child. She held it up towards the light.

Our #WriteCBC runners-up are @petraglover.bsky.social and @sorrelmay.bsky.social‬‬! 👏 Huge congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount! We can’t wait for you to join one of our courses soon:

You can't catch autism You can't become autistic You can't develop into an autistic person because of environmental or medical reasons It's not a disease Vaccines save lives, they do not create autistic people

As soon as Keir Starmer said Angela Rayner had his full support I knew she was toast.

Why are grey eyes not in the colour charts? Is it a type of blue? If my eyes are grey and my husband’s are hazel, how will our baby’s eyes turn out?

I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up

7th century Reliquary of Theuderic, a masterpiece of silversmithing and cloissoné work. Good stuff. At Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.

‘Swift explained that she wrote the album while on her Eras Tour and would frequently return to Sweden while performing concerts in Europe, in order to record it’. As a former over achiever, this hit me in my core.

These surveys stress me out. I’m not Roman Catholic, obviously. But Protestant doesn’t really cover it either. Where is Via Media? 😭

best prayerbook, best hymnbook, best buildings, least problematic leaders* since 1900 or so, good on gender, good on sexuality if you're American, good on racism, not as boring as Quaker meetings and unlike the Methodists you get actual wine. *I'm not saying *un*-problematic