“We’re going on a ‘venture!” Sophie kept saying as we rushed around getting everything ready to set off towards Land’s End – the starting point for our LEJOG challenge. Unfortunately in the rush, neither hubby nor I noticed that Jessica hadn’t picked up Kerry, her favourite dolly, and it was only when we arrived at… Read More
We’ve been staying with my twin sister this week and the girls have been having a wonderful time with their cousins. I love seeing the bond between our girls – despite the big age gap between my nieces and my girls, they are so close and have so much fun together. My nieces love to… Read More
This year is certainly whizzing by – I can’t believe that we are almost in August already and that there is just over a month to go until my big girl starts school (sob!) Jessica’s last day at preschool was certainly an emotional one from my perspective – although I am thankful that to her,… Read More
It’s been a bittersweet week. Jessica had her last day at preschool on Wednesday – the end of an era for her. Emotionally, I’ve been up and down like a yo-yo. The littlest things have had me in tears – emptying her preschool bag for the last time and finding her “I’m in today” photo… Read More
This month has been one where I’m acutely aware of the time passing by far too quickly and how my children are growing up too quickly for my liking. We’re coming to the end of an era – we’ve had our last term-time holiday, our last term-time days out at Legoland and Jessica finishes preschool… Read More
This time five years ago, right at the start of our journey as a family, we took a very big step. A step into the unknown, a leap of faith taken in the hope of being granted the miracle we had been praying for. Our baby girl underwent her very first surgery before she had… Read More
The last week has seen a couple of milestone moments for my girls; moments of seeing them taking a step forward, growing in confidence or trying something new. I’ve found before that being on holiday and stepping out of routine can sometimes help give that push to try something new, and this has certainly been… Read More