School has broken up for Christmas and I have two very excited people who are counting down the days and looking forward to Christmas Day. It’s a tough time of year – trying to keep that Christmas magic for Sophie and Thomas while also making space for Jessica and allowing time for grief. Putting up… Read More
I wasn’t sure I was going to manage to get a family photo for November. It’s been a busy month with hubby working away on events, Sophie and Thomas having bouts of being unwell with coughs, colds and an ear infection and me doing my usual juggling a few too many balls and wishing there… Read More
We managed to avoid the coughs and colds at the start of the new school year, but the second half of term has seen both Sophie and Thomas having time off school due to being unwell. We’ve had lots of quiet time and snuggles on the sofa together. Thomas is a bit like Jessica… Read More
October was another busy month with me rehearsing two shows and Sophie performing in a dance festival and celebrating her ninth birthday. Thomas is enjoying school and making friends. Life is very full – a little too full at times, to be honest! I keep thinking, “it will all settle down again after…” with various… Read More
The first half-term of the school year is almost done and as always, it seems to have gone by rather quickly. Thomas has enjoyed his first half term at school and Sophie is enjoying being in year 4. Jessica’s year group are away on a residential school trip this week. I wonder how she would… Read More
September was quite an intense month with everything that was going on. It’s an emotional rollercoaster of a month anyway, with back to school and Jessica’s birthday. Back-to-school was even more emotional this year with Thomas’s first day of school falling on what would have been Jessica’s 11th birthday. I can imagine what a proud… Read More
September has been an emotional month with the first day of the new school year falling on what would have been Jessica’s 11th birthday. She would have been very excited at her little brother starting school on her birthday. I now have two children at school, two sets of school uniform to lay out in… Read More