I’ll be stepping away from the blog from now until the end of December. Wishing all my readers a peaceful and gentle Christmas. Hope that you all stay safe and well over the festive period and are able to find moments of joy in amongst what is going to be a very difficult Christmas for… Read More
Small squares of tissue paper stuck on to sticky-back plastic is a great way of creating ‘stained-glass’ decorations to go on windows. We still have the Christmas tree and star that the girls made a few years ago which come out each year to decorate our living room windows. Now that Sophie’s older, I thought… Read More
Our festive siblings shot for our Christmas card photos has become a tradition over the years. This year was a little harder to try and come up with an idea that could include Jessica. I think this is partly due to the fact that Sophie is now older than Jessica was when she died. In… Read More
This time of year, we’d normally have lots of festive days out planned. This year though, the calendar is looking very empty without the usual Christmas events. We did have one day out booked in though – the Christmas weekend event at Chiltern Open Air Museum. Chiltern Open Air Museum is one of… Read More
Disclaimer – I was sent the Playmobil 1.2.3 advent calendar to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. All three of my children have loved playing with Playmobil. The girls have had Playmobil advent calendars in the past and enjoyed them although Thomas has been too young for one. He’s now at an age… Read More
Christmas is a tough time for us since Jessica died and we haven’t yet been able to face doing Christmas at home the way we used to. Instead, we headed to Cornwall to spend our second Christmas without Jessica at Coombe Mill. Last year, it was just the four of us, but this year Grandma… Read More
Merry Christmas to all my readers! I’ll be taking a break from the blog over the festive period as usual, but just wanted to say thank you for reading my ramblings over the past year. I know Christmas can be a tough time for many people, but I hope the festive season will be a… Read More
