This week has seen me on a mission to declutter my house. I’ve gone from room to room and drawn up a list of every little area that needs to be sorted out; breaking it all down into manageable chunks – a shelf here, a cupboard there. I’m determined to be ruthless about it and… Read More
Ahoy there, shipmates! It’s been all about pirates this week thanks to Jessica having two pirate party days at preschool. She loved being able to go to preschool in her pirate outfit, making treasure out of a gold paper plate with lots of sparkly decorations added and a cardboard cutlass. We continued the theme at… Read More
Jessica’s 4th birthday and the slight melancholy that always comes with the end of summer have both made me feel a little emotional this week. Celebrating her birthday is always a time of great joy – knowing just how far she has come to be here today makes me realise once again how blessed I… Read More
With all the rain this week, we’ve been spending a lot of time indoors doing crafts together. Our theme for the week has been “mini-beasts” and we’ve been creating ladybirds and butterflies out of paper plates, spiders and caterpillars from egg boxes and pipe cleaners and various mini-beasts out of the foam shapes that came… Read More
We’re now into our second week of potty training and I have been so proud of how well Jessica has done this week. She finished her first sticker chart earlier this week and the second is filling up rapidly. She gets a little “potty present”, such as some new crayons or a comic, each time… Read More
We’ve started potty training this week and I have to admit it’s been driving me potty too! Our first few days have been a little challenging despite the sticker chart and taking Jessica shopping to choose her own big girl knickers. The accidents have been many and the successes few but we are gradually taking… Read More
This week has been all about spending time with family – enjoying a few days with my twin sister and nieces. The girls have been having so much fun together and I’ve loved being with my family, and having a couple of extra little pairs of hands being willing to help me with the girls,… Read More