2023 – Rehearsals

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A sea scene with a yellow brick road and a rainbow with the word "rehearsals"

We’ve come back from holiday straight into a week of intense rehearsals for Sophie for The Little Mermaid. She’s been rehearsing 10am – 6pm each day this week and has been throughly enjoying getting into her role understudying Flounder. I’ve been chaperoning at some of the rehearsals this week as well and it’s been nice… Read More

Friday Focus 11/08/2023 – Travelling

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The word 'travelling' in purple with pictures of a train and plane above the word

We’ve been travelling around over the last week, starting with a trip to Glasgow and back by train last weekend for my friend Gillian’s wedding. We had one night at home before flying to Amsterdam on Monday to spend a couple of days there before heading to Luxembourg by train to go and visit Sophie… Read More

Friday Focus 04/08/2023 – Fun

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We’ve had a lot of fun this week thanks to my mum coming to stay for the weekend, Thomas’s birthday party and a church BBQ plus days out with Sophie and Thomas. There’s also been a couple of quiet days at home where Sophie and Thomas had fun playing with their toys while I caught… Read More

Friday Focus 28/07/2023 – Five

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We’ve had a busy week to start the summer holidays with Thomas turning five and Sophie competing in a dance festival. She’s competed in five dances this week although thankfully none of them were on Thomas’s birthday so we were able to focus on the birthday boy without trying to juggle everything else! … Read More

Friday Focus 21/07/2023 – Emotional

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This week has been quite an emotional one with the transitions that come at the end of the school year. There would have been a couple of big milestones for Jessica this week – the end of primary school days and moving up to the senior section at Girls’ Brigade. I’m grateful that both of… Read More

Friday Focus 14/07/2023 – Rollercoaster

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The world rollercoaster with a doodle of a rollercoaster car going up and down over the word

This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions. I think I’ve gone through almost the whole range of emotions at various points this week, sometimes within the space of a few hours. We’ve had the excitement of Nanny coming to stay for the weekend and the joy of seeing my family when we… Read More

Friday Focus 07/07/2023 – Up-and-down

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The words 'up-and-down' written in wavy blue bubble writing

This week has been quite an up-and-down one. There have been lovely moments, such as having another night away and getting to see my cousins, and some not-so-lovely moments, such as everyone being unwell at various points during the week. Sophie was unwell with a temperature on Saturday. She’d obviously picked up whatever… Read More