I feel like I’ve been juggling a lot of balls this week. It’s been a busy one with the last couple of days of dance festival for Sophie, my mother-in-law’s birthday, attending the funeral of a lovely lady who used to do Sunday school at church when my girls were small, trying to catch up… Read More

This week has seen a first for Sophie as she qualified for the All England regional finals at two separate dance festivals this week in her musical theatre solo and her musical theatre duet.     She competes at a lot of festivals, but most of them aren’t AED-qualifying festivals which can be harder for… Read More

This week has been a bit of a mixed one. We had a lovely weekend away in Torquay for the Land’s End – John O’Groats Association annual dinner and awards evening. Sophie and Thomas enjoyed having time on the beach and at the arcades during the day and it was nice to get dressed up… Read More

It’s been a week of mostly staying indoors and enjoying snuggling up together on the sofa in the evenings and in the early morning before school. I love the fact that both Sophie and Thomas want to have time to snuggle up with me on the sofa under a cosy blanket before school.    … Read More

After all the ups and downs at the start of the year, things are feeling more settled at the moment. We’ve all settled into the current term-time routine and I’ve settled into my daily routine, managing to fit in a couple of walks with my walking group around work again. The mental load feels more… Read More

This week has been all about dance with a dance festival at the weekend and an extra dance class being added to Sophie’s regular routine of dance classes.     Sophie had two new dances going out for the first time at the weekend – a new modern solo and a new musical theatre solo.… Read More

After last week’s difficult week, this week has been more encouraging. I’ve been able to share some of the mental load with my worries and we’ve had some conversations about various concerns, which has been difficult but ultimately helpful. It’s been good to get things out in the open and have a better idea of… Read More