This week has felt somewhat intense. Emotionally, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster with joy and sadness very much mixed together at times, especially at Sophie’s Girls’ Brigade awards evening. I made sure I had some much-needed time out this week sitting quietly at Jessica’s forever bed. It helped too that Thomas had a… Read More
We’ve now passed the halfway point on our challenge to spend 1000 hours outside in 2022. During the first quarter of the year we’d managed 186 hours 25 minutes outside which was an improvement on the 131 hours managed in the first quarter of 2020, the last time we took on the challenge. The… Read More
This time of year is all about transitions. Transition day at school with Sophie and Thomas spending an afternoon in Year 4 and reception. They both enjoyed their time in the new classrooms. Thomas loved it so much that we had a rather epic tantrum afterwards because he wanted to go back and Mummy was… Read More
June was another busy month – hence being late yet again with sharing my ‘Me and Mine’ photo and the fact that it’s another quickly snapped shot in the garden! It’s been one of those months with lots of activities and the feeling of juggling a few too many balls (although they’re mostly staying in… Read More
I love watching Sophie and Thomas playing together. Thomas has nicknames for everyone at the moment – he’s ‘Woof’, Sophie is ‘Meow’, Jessica is ‘Squeak’, Daddy is ‘Moo’ and I am ‘Ribbit’. It’s adorable watching him snuggle up to Sophie and saying, “I love you, Meow” and hearing her respond, “I love you too, Woof”.… Read More
This week has been quite an eventful one with a dance-filled weekend, plus a preschool day out at Legoland and Sophie’s sports day. Today we have her school summer fayre and then she’s at the dance festival again this weekend for her tap solo. Busy times. It’s so nice though to be able… Read More
We’ve been enjoying the sunshine this week. I’ve loved being able to sit out in the garden and work when Sophie and Thomas are at school and preschool and getting lots of washing dried on the line. Sophie had her first Girls’ Brigade outing since Covid. She had a lovely time at Hanwell… Read More