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Me and Mine – November

November has been a much quieter month for us as a family – a month of calm before the busyness of the festive season is upon us once more. A…

Silent Sunday

The Friday Focus 27/11/15

Over the last few weeks, I have found myself stepping back more from the blogosphere and trying to be offline a little more. As much as I love my blog…

Me and You: Why quality time as a couple is so important

After the busyness of the last couple of months and the feeling of being like passing ships, November has been all about spending time together as a couple, reminiscing and…

Review and giveaway: Miffy book collection from The Book People

I love introducing my two girls to collections of books that I enjoyed as a child and The Book People is one of my favourite bookseller sites for finding various…

From the mouths of babes #47

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the…

We Need A Bit Less Christmas

Last December we performed “We Need A Little Christmas” from Mame in our fundraising concert. This year, we decided to perform the same number again – with a little twist.…

Silent Sunday

Welly boot paint prints in red, yellow and orange

Footprint painting in the garden: the autumn edition

Footprint painting in the garden is one of the girls’ favourite things to do on a hot sunny day. Standing barefoot in trays of coloured paint, walking across lining paper…

Voice - this week's word of the week

The Friday Focus 20/11/15

Over the last couple of months I’ve been rehearsing for a fundraising concert for Friends of PICU which we are performing tomorrow night. Trying to keep singing through last Sunday’s…