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Again. Lately i’ve been seriously missing all the high ideals i had for HE when i first started out on this journey and i’d like to get some of them back. The good thing is that in the intervening period i’ve learned just how good children are at soaking things up on their own, but […]

BBC Journalist Released Nice to start the day with happy tears. I can hardly imagine how his mum and dad feel this morning, never mind him. Hurrah for the power of keeping people talking about something.

I’ve never been quite so glad to get back from a camping trip 🙂 Although, i was EXTREMELY lucky, because my tent stayed dry, my grass stayed dry and my equilibrium stayed mostly intact. It wobbled a bit at one point, when Max left to come back, but mostly we stayed okay, buoyed up considerably […]

(And i’ve blotted out Amelie as a 2 year old!)  Scene: Yesterday.. 6 very tired people flop on sofa as soon as we get home, adults having just about had the energy to grab a cup of tea. Josie: “Mummy, i want some water. Get me some water.” Me: “Nope. Not if you ask like […]

We’re home… from a cold, wet and windy MuddyPuddle… ahem, MuddlePuddle Camp. I’ve been reflecting though and all was not lost; mud, wind, rain and grumpy staff aside it was okay and even if the adults had a tough time, the kids had fun. Mostly i think the newbies did too; onwards and upwards for […]

It seems to be inevitable that a muddlepuddle camp is extremely wet; this year it looks like we might actually be getting away lightly compared to some places but we are still managing to be quite wet. Several tents have had to be moved and we even lost a couple of campers. Ah well. Kids […]

Ooh, quick start to the week; Wednesday already. Sunday was horrible, i was miserable, everyone kept out of my way. Very sensible. We did have a brief interlude when we all sat together and did some crafty stuff; the girls made these which are very efective indeed. Maddy got a bit stressed, but then she’s […]

My blog, aided and abetted (and possibly kicked and cajoled) by Jax and Tim, has let me back in! Thank you liveotherwisers!