Things have felt quite heavy this week. It’s to be expected to some extent at this time of year anyway with Jessica’s birthday, back-to-school, and the end-of-summer sadness, but there have been other things going on that have made this week feel a particularly heavy one.     A good friend of mine, who was… Read More

It’s the start of a new school year and both Sophie and Thomas have started at new schools this week. Thomas started junior school on Thursday and Sophie started secondary school today. Thomas enjoyed his first day and Sophie enjoyed getting to have one more day off and had a lovely play date with three… Read More

Our last full week of the summer holidays has been bookended by theatre performances. Sophie had four performances of Bring It On on Friday and Saturday last week. I was backstage chaperoning for the show on Friday evening and then saw both shows on Saturday.       We weren’t sure how well Thomas would… Read More

It’s show week for Sophie for Bring It On this week and I’m especially thankful that she and her friend are able to take part after they were involved in a car accident on the way home from rehearsal last Saturday. Sophie’s friend’s mum was bringing them home and had stopped at temporary traffic lights… Read More

This week has been quite intense with a trip to Bristol to hunt for Gromit Unleashed 3 sculptures at the weekend, an extra rehearsal for Calendar Girls and Sophie spending the week in rehearsals for this year’s summer youth project, Bring It On.     We had an intense day of Gromit-hunting on Saturday and… Read More

We’ve had some fun moments this week with the last couple of days of our trip to Luxembourg and Sophie and Thomas taking part in an outdoor activity week after getting home. They’ve both had lots of fun doing their various activities and it’s been quite nice for me too to have a bit of… Read More

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