Guilty pleasures

I like to think I always put the children first.

For example: I buy wholemeal (organic - obviously) biscuits for Max and Freya, but almost identical chocolate biscuits for myself. I only ever allow the children such treats as plain biscuits on a Friday. After all, what would the other mothers say at the school gates if my children were vocalising an expectation of biscuits on a week day? No, usually it is bread and butter, rice cakes, fruit or raisins at school pick up.

If my darlings notice me leaning over the poured concrete surface of my Poggenpohl island nibbling on a biscuit on a Friday evening after school, I am always careful to ensure that the plain side of the biscuit is pointing out. I am putting my babies first - protecting their teeth, ever vigilant of the dangers of childhood obesity. What the children do not know will not hurt them.

'It's for your own good, sweetie', - I think to myself.

I can be sooo selfless when it comes to the children.........