The summer holidays are at an end and as always, it feels like it’s gone by in a bit of a whirl. It’s certainly been a busy summer for us with Sophie’s shows and working our way through the summer activity list whilst also juggling work and other responsibilities. I might have dropped a few… Read More

It’s been another week of making memories together, enjoying family time and ticking a few more things off the summer activities list.     We had a lovely couple of days away and enjoyed a trip to Alton Towers. It was a fun day out but bittersweet too – last time we were there was… Read More

We had a night away earlier this week and enjoyed a couple of trips to the beach. We had an evening walk along the beach at Selsey and then had a day at West Wittering before heading back home again.     Sophie and Thomas loved getting to swim in the sea. While we were… Read More

It’s been another week of enjoying summer activities, but one thing that we didn’t have on our list was seeing the solar eclipse which was a bonus activity this week!     Thankfully I had ordered eclipse glasses a couple of weeks ago (and my husband also ordered some as he didn’t realise I’d done… Read More

We’re continuing to work our way through the summer activities list this week. We’ve been hunting for elephant sculptures in Windsor, had a day at the Science museum, enjoyed a fun and floats session at the swimming pool, gone bowling, made ice-cream and had an afternoon on the nets at Go Ape.     Sophie… Read More

This week has been such a joyful one – celebrating Thomas’s birthday, having fun doing various activities on our summer activities list, watching Sophie compete in the final festival of the dance festival year followed by the All England Dance national finals and watching her perform in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.     Thomas was… Read More

The summer holidays are here and we’re enjoying the break from term-time routines and not having to get up quite as early.   This summer we’ll be staying close to home due to Sophie performing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang throughout the summer but we’ll be enjoying a mix of days out, planned activities and… Read More