With just under a week to go, I think I’m just about ready for Christmas now. The Christmas cards are all posted, I’ve finished the Christmas shopping and most of the presents are wrapped. I’ve been enjoying a slightly slower pace this week and having a bit more time for Christmas prep as all the… Read More

This week has certainly been a full-on week with a dance festival and four panto performances for Sophie, all the busyness of preparing for Christmas while my husband prepared for his trip to Japan, and an unexpected event reminding us than life can change in an instant, although thankfully all concerned were okay.    … Read More

The festive season is here, the Advent calendars and books are out, the Christmas tree and decorations are up and we’ve had the first of Sophie’s panto performances this week.     I tend to find the festive season quite overwhelming and it can be a tough season to navigate with grief anyway. I’m trying… Read More

I’ve had a couple of weeks of catching up with various things and trying to get a bit more organised before the craziness of the festive season begins. It’s a busy time of year at the best of times, but with Sophie doing panto and my husband being away for a large chunk of December,… Read More

This week has felt like a fairly busy one with lots of going back-and-forth with the kids’ activities. There’s a fair amount of that most weeks, but there’s been more of it this week than usual.     Friday evenings tend to be our busiest evening with lots of back-and-forth. It’s a mad dash from… Read More

It’s been a week of being out doing various things – dance festivals, getting out for walks, plus the usual after-school activities which started back again this week after the half-term break.     Saturday was a very busy day of being out and about – dropping my husband off to the airport for his… Read More

It’s been another full-on week focused on performances with the last three shows for Calendar Girls taking place last weekend and then a busy week for Sophie performing in the first of two dance festivals this half-term.     Calendar Girls went so well. I absolutely loved every minute of being on stage in the… Read More