Predictably, Amelie wanted to go to nursery, right up to the point where we arrived. At that point she went all wobbly and sad and bottom lippy. Sigh. it seemed to be a genuine wobble rather than mummy-killing and i didn’t really know what to do. Fended off the instantly available arms and retreated for […]

Mr Dowling

You’d think i’d have some inkling of what’s going on by now, i mean i do have 4 of them and i am with them 24 hours a day – and i do put in a reasonable amount of thought about them. But no, i seem to stumble about in the dark quite a bit. […]

From the level of bobbing up and down that went on, it was fairly obvious that Fran had got the idea of who Jadis, Queen of Charn might be. Maddy wasn’t far behind and both of them enjoyed the humour of Uncle Andrew the “King”. I hate being interupted while reading outloud but i swallowed […]

Today has been one of those days i’ve thought of as “spinny” days, ever since a post of Alison’s long ago. Some spinny days are fab, today was slightly hard work, although fruitful. I never felt like anyone was getting quite what they wanted from me. However, the day started badly with Fran and i […]

Lots of thanks to Helen and Chris for giving us lunch at the Beans, where we caught up briefly (oh all too briefly) with Jax and Tim and Big and Small. As usual, the kids all did a perfect impression of well socialised and normal children. (Lots of running around and shrieking!) After lunch, on […]

Hunter-gatherer jam – blueberries, raspberries, hazelnuts and syrup. Yummy, yummy in our tummy! Using bar charts.

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Uncle Andrew by Frances. Uncle Andrew and Digory by Maddy. A photo to horrify Joyce MUST wash the wall and hob after cooking a job lot of chilli 🙄 Anyway, this is what Turkish Delight looks like cooking. Not convinced its going to set actually.

We’ve been badly in need of a day at home all together, for a while. We haven’t had a full weekend at home since July and we are going out tomorrow too, so its not going to happen in the next 3 weeks! So we made the most of today. I got a lie in, […]