July is here and I have a very excited boy who is counting down the days, hours and minutes until his birthday later this month. There’s been other moments of excitement this week, with the start of the fun end-of-term activities, trying out new things and looking forward to new adventures and challenges.    … Read More

It’s been a week of getting out for various events and activities, starting with a night out for me in London where I got to catch up with my university friend Rob and his wife who live in the USA and were over on a visit to the UK. It was lovely to catch up… Read More

This week has certainly been a soggy one – such a contrast to the glorious sunshine and hot weather we had a couple of weeks ago! But on the plus side, the rain has been good for the garden and the British weather is always a good starting point for conversations!     Waterproofs have… Read More

It’s been an exciting week with Sophie making her professional theatre debut as Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.     We saw her first show last Saturday and were absolutely blown away by the whole production which was incredibly clever and so creatively staged. Sophie performed beautifully and made us all very proud. It… Read More

With all the hot weather this week, it’s been lovely to have a quieter week, get the paddling pool out and just enjoy time out in the garden, chilling out and cooling off in the water.     We started off with our small paddling pool, but now that Sophie and Thomas are bigger, it’s… Read More

It’s been non-stop this week with various performances and rehearsals, another dance festival for Sophie, a social event for me and all the travelling to and from everything.     Thomas took part in the Brigades’ display on Friday evening. Unfortunately I missed it this time due to being on the theatre run for Sophie… Read More