It’s been all about books this week – reading them, making costumes to dress up as book characters and then enjoying book-themed activities at school for World Book Day.     World Book Day has been spread out over two days for us. Thomas’s school had their dress-up day yesterday and Sophie’s is today (which… Read More

Things have felt heavy this week. I’m struggling to keep the balance of making sure I have time to myself whilst also trying to keep on top of the things I need to do. I’m trying to prioritise self-care where I can as I’m very conscious that this is our stormy season of grief with… Read More

I’ve had a few proud mummy moments over the last week. Sophie danced really well in both her dance festivals and came away with seven medals in total. We then had a phone call to say that she’d won the trophy for the most promising junior dancer. It’s the first time Sophie has won a… Read More

It’s half-term this week and it’s been a busy one as Sophie is competing in two dance festivals this week. Thank goodness for Grandma being available to look after Thomas and my husband being able to work from home when we had an early start and a long day at the first dance festival this… Read More

We’ve had some lovely moments this week, starting with Sophie’s dance teacher and dance school appearing on Blue Peter, as part of a feature about super dogs. Sophie’s dance teacher’s dog Bear, is a medical detection dog and was one of the super dogs featured on the programme. Sophie even had a little moment in… Read More

We’ve been going through the autism assessment process with Thomas over recent months and this week we had the feedback meeting, which has confirmed that Thomas is autistic. It’s what we’ve suspected for a while, and on the whole it’s a relief to have it confirmed.     I’m hoping that having the diagnosis will… Read More

This week has just been a bit meh to be honest. It’s grey and gloomy outside and January feels like it’s dragging on. I’ve not been able to get outside this week as much as I would have liked and have had a couple of disturbed nights of sleep due to being woken up by… Read More