This week has been a tough one with the post-show blues hitting hard along with having some difficult moments with various other things going on this week.     Show week was so much fun and I loved every minute of being Mole and being on stage with Sophie. I’ve had such lovely comments from… Read More

Sophie and I are enjoying being back on stage together this week performing in The Wind in the Willows. We’re two shows in now with three still to go. I am loving every minute of playing Mole, and Sophie is wonderful as a hedgehog and field mouse. I’m going to be so sad when this… Read More

The week leading up to a school holiday if often quite full-on with trying to get various jobs done so I can focus on the children being home. This week has been especially full-on as we’ve had a football tournament and a mid-week football match for Sophie, a craft afternoon and friend’s birthday party for… Read More

It’s been a quiet week for us with Sophie away on her school residential trip this week. It’s felt very strange not having her home and we’ve missed her, but have been grateful for the photos that school have shared which suggest that she’s having a wonderful time doing all the various activities on offer.… Read More

This week has been another quite stressful one but there have been glimmers in amongst the stressful moments – little moments of joy here and there which have helped balance out the more difficult moments.     Sophie had her first football tournament last week. Her team lost their first match but won the next… Read More

We’ve been busy with rehearsals this week. Show week for The Wind in the Willows is now just four weeks away, and we’ve had the first of the all-day Sunday rehearsals where the show really starts to come together as well as the usual rehearsals on two evenings in the week.     I’ve enjoyed… Read More