Our latest mini creations activity has seen Jessica having fun making masks out of paper plates. It’s been lovely over recent weeks to see Jessica engaging more and more in imaginative play – I can see her making up stories whilst playing with her In The Night Garden figures and she is now showing an… Read More
Heart to heart is a monthly link-up for heart families to share stories about their journeys. My eldest daughter Jessica has hypoplastic left heart syndrome and I started blogging about her heart journey a few weeks before she was born. Since her arrival, we have got to know other heart families, in person through our… Read More
The two photos below were taken three years ago today. They capture some precious moments with Jessica as we prepared for her to go to theatre for the second time since she was born. I remember it like it was yesterday. The anxious waiting, not wanting to leave her cot for a moment. Wanting to… Read More
This week’s black and white photo is a still from a rehearsal for a fundraising concert we did at our church a couple of years ago in aid of Friends of PICU. It’s my hubby, Jessica’s godfather Bryan and one of our church members performing the number “Guys and Dolls” Linking in with PODcast on… Read More
Having enjoyed two previous treasure trails around Wantage and Chalfont St Peter, I thought we’d try another in Petersfield, the town where I grew up. This trail was a Spy Trail – the answers to each of the clues would give us one or two letters to cross off a grid and lead us to… Read More
It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are: BrummyMummyof2 shares her alternative parenting skills – a very funny post particularly if you have ever experienced the joy of disappearing dummies: http://www.brummymummyof2.co.uk/2014/09/alternative-parenting-skills.html I love this cardboard box fire… Read More