One of the things on our autumn activities list was to go blackberry picking. As it was a little late in the season for blackberries, we went to a local farm where we could pick raspberries instead – although as it turned out, they had plenty of blackberries still left on their bushes so it… 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: Katie at Pouting in Heels shares some fabulous advice for those tough moments of parenthood: http://www.poutinginheels.com/friday-five-how-to-cope-when-motherhood-feels-like-a-challenge/ A wonderful poem from Muddled Manuscript illustrating how society views mums and dads… Read More
With the mornings starting to become quite chilly, we have now started to put on the: I know it seems very early to be starting to put the heating back on, but Jessica’s heart condition means that she gets cold very easily and will go quite blue when she is cold, especially on her hands,… Read More
“I hear sum-der, I hear sum-der Hark don’t you, hark don’t you? Pretty pretty raindrops, pretty pretty raindrops I’m wet through, so wet through”  My daughter Jessica’s version of “I hear thunder” was top of the toddler charts for much for the summer despite mostly having good weather. She wasn’t remotely bothered by the few… Read More
It is just after five in the morning As you awake to the baby’s loud cries The hours of sleep you could count on one hand And it’s so hard just to open your eyes Seven o’clock in the morning What little patience you had wearing thin The children are crying and squabbling over a… Read More
The King’s Curse is the sixth book in the ‘Cousins War’ series of historical novels by Philippa Gregory which covers the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period as seen from the perspective of some of the women who were key players during this time. This final novel in the series is told… Read More