The week leading up to a school holiday if often quite full-on with trying to get various jobs done so I can focus on the children being home. This week has been especially full-on as we’ve had a football tournament and a mid-week football match for Sophie, a craft afternoon and friend’s birthday party for… Read More

It’s been a quiet week for us with Sophie away on her school residential trip this week. It’s felt very strange not having her home and we’ve missed her, but have been grateful for the photos that school have shared which suggest that she’s having a wonderful time doing all the various activities on offer.… Read More

This week has been another quite stressful one but there have been glimmers in amongst the stressful moments – little moments of joy here and there which have helped balance out the more difficult moments.     Sophie had her first football tournament last week. Her team lost their first match but won the next… Read More

We’ve been busy with rehearsals this week. Show week for The Wind in the Willows is now just four weeks away, and we’ve had the first of the all-day Sunday rehearsals where the show really starts to come together as well as the usual rehearsals on two evenings in the week.     I’ve enjoyed… Read More

We’ve had a better week this week. My mum has come to stay for a few days and it’s been so lovely having her around to chat to, and seeing how happy Sophie and Thomas are to be able to spend time with Nanny.     I’m not feeling quite as overloaded as I was… Read More

I’ve been feeling quite overloaded this week. There’s a lot going on at the moment and the mental load has felt very heavy at times. One of those weeks where it just feels like there are too many balls to juggle and I’m struggling to keep on top of it all.     We have… Read More

This week has been quite an emotional rollercoaster of a week, starting with what would have been Jessica’s 13th birthday last Friday and all the emotions that came with a milestone birthday. As has now become our tradition, we celebrated Jessica’s birthday by taking her birthday cake to her forever bed and having a birthday… Read More