Today was the day of “the show” that the girls have been rehearsing for since before Christmas. It was held here which at a rough count is something like an 800 seat auditorium (and it was sold out for 3 back to back shows today) and there was considerable excitement about it all. Maddy was […]

Another gorgeous day today and we decided we all needed to be out, mainly i think to stave off a serious nosedive in sense of well being in me and stage nerves in the girls 😕 Couple of jobs to do first; Maddy helped break down the boxes and clean out the rabbits and Fran, […]

If i’m at my most evangelical about all this at the moment, then i have to apologise. I’m feeling unsure enough of life that all the small signs of goodness are as well blogged really, because they make me feel a great deal better. Oh, and could i say, while i’m at it, how much […]

Just had a call from my bank to say someone is currently using my card, with correct PIN, in the South of England 😯 Luckily they’ve stopped it – and as my card is currently sat safely on my desk and it is obvious fraud, i don’t have to worry about being liable for the […]

We signed up to the Young Scientist Kits a while back and the first one arrived today (a mere two weeks after the second one!) – it concerns recycling, in a rather lightweight sort of a way, so today we did it. I didn’t labour the points, mainly because i’ve got a heap of other […]

There are times when i wonder if i can really encompass all i want to say about my role in life by calling what we do “home education.” It isn’t really all we do, nor is it all i am passionate about but because it is the bit we ‘have’ to do, it becomes a […]

We have a habit here of making up songs that are just one persons name as often as it can be fitted in to a well known tune; Josie, Joey, Josiejo and Josephine tend to go excellently and so it is one of our many feeding games (did i mentioned she hadn’t weaned yet? 🙄 […]

Saturday morning was glorious here; we threw back the curtains in the dining room to admire the way everything had been washed clean by the previous nights torrential rain… and saw, stacked neatly before us, al my brand new cardboard boxes that Fran was supposed to put in the garage for me while she fed […]

Really, when you’ve got 3 sisters to build with, play with, run, jump and giggle with, what more do you need? (Parents to dust off sand, bring spare clothes and take you for ice-cream aside, of course…)

It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes since she was wearing the coat that Joey wore today….