The first full week of the summer holiday has been quite a busy and eventful one with Thomas’s 7th birthday celebrations at the weekend followed by a few days away to visit our Luxembourgish family.     This year we travelled to Luxembourg via Paris and enjoyed a day out at Disneyland. It was the… Read More

The school year has come to an end, and with it comes the end of Sophie’s primary school days and the end of infant school for Thomas and all the emotions that have come with it all! We’ve had all the leavers’ celebrations for Sophie over the last week, starting with her prom last Friday,… Read More

This week has been a very eventful one with all the various end-of-term activities that have been taking place.     We had the annual Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades awards evening on Friday where Sophie and Thomas received their badges from the last year. Both Sophie and Thomas also came away with a special trophy… Read More

The last times have started as we approach the end of the summer term. We still have a week and a bit to go at school but this week has been the last week of term for most of the kids’ activities.     For Sophie, there have been last sessions of being in various… Read More

We’ve had various exciting things happening this week with various summer term activities at school, transition days and show performances and rehearsals.     Sophie had a busy, but fun weekend – taking part in a sponsored walk in aid of Halo Children’s Foundation, enjoying a lovely playdate with one of her new friends from… Read More

I’ve been flying solo again this week with my husband away working on a couple of events. It’s been one of those busy times when we see very little of him even when he has been home due to early starts and late finishes but he’s back home again now and hopefully we’ll be able… Read More

Summer has well and truly arrived with all the sunshine and warm weather this week. I love the warm weather but I’ve definitely been grateful for ice-cream and fans to help keep cool too!     We’ve had lots of sunshine moments this week. Sophie and I were both competing in a dance festival at… Read More