Maddy did her first TKD grading today and was awarded her Yellow Belt. She was so determined to get it and not have to do the Yellow Tag one first and worked really hard at learning her pattern all week, not something that comes easily to her. We’re really proud of her 🙂
"I got 30 days till this blasts off!"
As one of the wives from a favourite film of mine, Apollo 13, says, patting her bump. Woke up this morning and thought – omg… the baby is due THIS MONTH!!! 😯 I must admit, i’m kind of hoping for a few extra days (maybe not 14 though 😆 ) this time as i don’t […]
And the rest of February.
This time of year always seems to be a bit dull; maybe it is just me but i struggle to bring myself to rush about when it is cold, wet and horrible really. Not that i’m a great rusher anyway, but when you have to be out all evening for gym etc, dashing about in […]
Open Letter to Fern Britton & Jeremy Vine
I write to you regarding your shameful coverage of the Khyra Ishaq case on the Jeremy Vine Show on Friday. While the interview was conducted by Fern, it was done in the name of JV and quite honestly, you should both be ashamed. Fern, to be a journalist is many things; there is, without doubt, […]
Khyra Ishaq and Home Education.
Khyra Ishaq was NOT home educated. There is no record of her being deregistered. She was taken out of school when there were already considerable concerns about her, concerns which her being in school were not actually addressing. The authorities knew about her and tried to visit her home and did vist on more than […]
February in Brief
Oh dear. Lack of energy and inclination is going to reduce the first half of Feb to what i can remember from Brightkite and Facebook updates. 😆 I shall have to download my camera too and see what i find on there. February started with the launch of a new website for the business, known […]
It's all elemental, my dear.
One of the little gems we stumbled on recently, when Max was trawling through iPlayer (god how i love that service) was Chemistry – A Volatile History. It has been one of the most eye opening experiences of my educational life and certainly an enormous success in terms of how HE works, not only in […]
There are so many things i am bored of saying.
And some of them are repeatedly having to explain and defend home education and the right to do so to people who will not take the time to inform themselves or open their minds. Like this particular Lord for example or indeed this one, who seems to have taken it into her head to fall […]
A Week Away
Can’t remember where i left off, but it doesn’t really matter. Last week ended in the normal dancing/kyt type stuff and a good bit more house tidying, before packing ourselves up and heading northwards to my parents house for a night before gong away. That was very pleasant; girls played various games with my dad […]
Keeping Up Appearances (deceptively!)
Tuesday was a good day; i’m trying to do more work that pulls all the girls together a bit. In general i don’t mind having them working independently around me, i don’t find it particularly hard to juggle 4 separate children doing 4 separate things and helping each one but with the potential arrival of […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- …
- 343
- Next Page »
