It’s been a week of transition in various ways, starting with the caterpillars we’ve been watching grow. Last weekend, we made the transition from the pot into the butterfly net after the caterpillars turned into chrysalides.  The next day, the transition from chrysalides to butterflies began. Last time we had caterpillars, we missed out on… Read More

This week has been a busy one. Thomas turns two on Sunday and I’ve been preparing for his birthday – planning cakes, having presents delivered, having Nanny come up to stay for a few days. In normal circumstances, we would have probably had a big family party in Grandma and Grandad’s garden. Instead we’ll have… Read More

We enjoyed a couple of ‘firsts’ this week with venturing out and about. Last weekend, we enjoyed a family day out at Chiltern Open Air Museum – our first family day out in more than five months. It felt so good to pack a picnic and spend an afternoon out of the house in one… Read More

It’s been one of those weeks when everything has just felt a bit tough and we’ve just been plodding through. I’m struggling with trying to get a decent amount of sleep which has made for low patience levels and a short fuse – not an ideal combination when dealing with toddler tantrums. There have been… Read More

The toddler tantrums have begun! Thomas has decided that he doesn’t like closed stair gates and the word ‘no’; the reaction to these has been lots of tears and getting very cross at Mummy for being mean and not allowing him to play with the oven/pick berries by himself in the garden/open the front door… Read More

It has been wonderful this week to be able to spend time with my mum; to have her come and stay over again and to be able to give her hugs, thanks to us being able to be in a social bubble together. It’s been over three months since I last saw her. I had… Read More

Sophie overtaking Jessica last week has made for quite an emotional week this week which wasn’t unexpected. We did have a lovely moment this week of taking time to focus on our memories of Jessica when we were temporarily loaned her memorial butterfly from school. When her butterfly was first put in place, her friends… Read More