My children seem to be a little too nocturnal for my liking over the last week or so. We’ve had a couple of nights with Jessica being awake for three hours or more in the middle of the night. Sophie has also started waking at around 4.30am and the only way to persuade her to… Read More
Being more relaxed over the Christmas holidays meant that we got into a lot of bad habits, especially with regards to how often the TV was on throughout the day. Our lack of routine made the first week of January quite tough for all of us. The children were struggling to focus on playing with… Read More
After enjoying lots of family time together over Christmas and New Year, this week has been all about the return to normality. Jessica is back at preschool again, our usual toddler classes have resumed and hubby is back at work. It’s been a bit of a challenge adjusting to it – I often find that… Read More
Happy New Year to you all! Hope all my readers had a wonderful Christmas and aren’t feeling too fragile today after seeing in the new year. I can’t believe that we are in 2016 already (really wasn’t it just yesterday that I saw in the millennium?) and another year is before us. Hopefully it will… Read More
This week has been all about getting ready for Christmas. The decorations and tree have finally gone up; the cards have all been written and sent; the shopping is all done and there’s just the present wrapping left to do. We have seen Father Christmas and sung at carol services. This morning, Jessica will be… Read More
This time of year brings back a lot of mixed memories for me – the run-up to Christmas has not always been a very easy time of year. I lost my dad in the run-up to Christmas six years ago, the following year I was unexpectedly made redundant and the year after that was spent… Read More
I’ve enjoyed stepping back from the blog again this week and focusing on spending time with my family which has made for a very enjoyable week. It’s been all about the little moments – wrapping books for the girls’ book advent calendar and then enjoying opening a book each day and sitting reading Christmassy stories… Read More