I love watching Sophie and Thomas together. They really do have such a beautiful bond. Thomas absolutely idolises Sophie. From the moment he wakes up in the morning, he asks for her and wants to go and wake her up (although he often has to wait for a bit as she likes to sleep later… Read More
One of our Christmas traditions is to have a book advent calendar. Each evening in December, in the run-up to Christmas, the children get to unwrap that day’s Christmassy book, which we then read together. It’s a lovely way of making sure we take time to relax and snuggle up together with a story each… Read More
We’ve had lots of little enjoyable moments this week. Little moments of quality time together, making the most of the opportunities to do things together. Simple things like flying kites, going to the park, or snuggling together on the sofa reading stories. With my husband having been away for most of the week,… Read More
I’m flying solo this week as my husband is away for eight days working on an event. It’s been a while since he was last away for that length of time. I’m quite glad it’s this week rather than last week though – I’m not sure how I’d have managed to juggle everything last week… Read More
I’m a bit late with October’s Me and Mine post. It’s been quite a full-on busy month, especially during half-term and our monthly family photos ended up being quickly grabbed on the last day of the month! They’re not the best photos, but they sum up the reality of family life quite well – messy,… Read More
It’s been quite an exciting half-term for us on the whole – especially for Sophie who has been competing in her first ever dance festival as well as celebrating her eighth birthday this week. She’s been telling me that it’s been the best half-term ever so far and we’ve still got a meet-up with a… Read More
Darling Sophie I can’t quite believe that you are eight years old already; that it can possibly have been that long since ‘baby Sofa’ as your sister called you, made her entrance into the world. That the baby in those earliest entries on this blog is now a confident, talented, loving girl who likes to… Read More