We’ve had a better week this week. My mum has come to stay for a few days and it’s been so lovely having her around to chat to, and seeing how happy Sophie and Thomas are to be able to spend time with Nanny.     I’m not feeling quite as overloaded as I was… Read More

I’ve been feeling quite overloaded this week. There’s a lot going on at the moment and the mental load has felt very heavy at times. One of those weeks where it just feels like there are too many balls to juggle and I’m struggling to keep on top of it all.     We have… Read More

This week has been quite an emotional rollercoaster of a week, starting with what would have been Jessica’s 13th birthday last Friday and all the emotions that came with a milestone birthday. As has now become our tradition, we celebrated Jessica’s birthday by taking her birthday cake to her forever bed and having a birthday… Read More

This week we’ve been preparing for back to school – making the most of the last few days of the summer holidays while getting everything ready for the first day of the new term. I’ve enjoyed having the time over the summer with Sophie and Thomas but having a little bit of me time on… Read More

I’m a little late with this week’s update, posting on a Saturday rather than a Friday! It’s been a bit of a hectic week with birthday celebrations, a dance festival, spending time with family and friends, activities, meetings and starting to prepare for going back to school next week.     We’ve ticked off most… Read More

We’ve had fun enjoying lots of different activities this week. In previous years, we’ve had a summer holidays activity list to tick off, but hadn’t got around to it this year. We’ve had a lazier summer so far than we usually do, which has been nice in some ways, but by the middle of the… Read More

Thomas had his first swimming lessons this week, doing a swim school short course. He loves the water and has enjoyed going swimming each morning. I thought a short course was a good way of seeing how well he’d cope with swimming lessons before we looked into booking weekly ones. We did the same with… Read More