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Sunday Stitches

May 26, 2013 by

Yesterday (before I succumbed to the cold from Hades) I went on a workshop to learn some pretty knitting skills with Debbie Abrahams; she’s a bit of a knitting hero of mine, as lots of the squares from the survival blanket of 2010-2011 came from her books. It was a lovely day, designed to publicise […]

Filed Under: Knitting & Sewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: beaded knitting, Debbie Abrahams, intarsia, Kaleidoscope, knitting, rowan wool, workshop

A New Beginning Looms

May 25, 2013 by

Having rather looked forward to celebrating PoPs 10th birthday, I was in a forest with not much signal for the big day. So belatedly, aside from the rather fetching new look I gave the blog last week, I bought I should say 'happy 10th birthday, little blog of minThey've grown up rather. Lot, those Puddle […]

Filed Under: Family Life, PoP at 10 Years

Win a Centerparcs #CPFamilyBreak

May 19, 2013 by

I keep peering cautiously outside and wondering if the Summer will ever come… I think it may be here soon though. I really hope so as our Centerparcs holiday is approaching fast now! This month, Centerparcs want to know about your family picnics; all you have to do is put up some photos of your […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cpfamilybreaks

Guest Post: My Quest to Be a Travel Blogger

May 17, 2013 by

At the weekend I took a little blogger jolly to #blogsummit, a bloggers get together arranged by the Tots100. It’s a serious event, as you can see from the delegate shots they take. There was a challenge to swap guest post with an envelope and the post below is a fab one from Louise at […]

Filed Under: PoP at 10 Years Tagged With: #blogsummit, being a travel blogger, guest post, parent bloggers, tots100

An almost finished product.

May 14, 2013 by

A few weeks ago the girls were involved in a show at a new dance school they’ve joined. All the older three did something solo in it, though Fran also performed lots in group dances, at one point doing three consecutive solos to cover spaces by absentees and also led her little ballet troupe through […]

Filed Under: Amelie, Fran, Maddy, Sport & Dance, The Girls Tagged With: Ghost Dance, My Name is Tallulah, The Wizard & I

Growing Fabulous Teens.

May 11, 2013 by

If only there were a manual for bring up the perfectly balanced child. Wouldn’t life be simpler? If only, we all sigh from time to time, parenting came with a manual. Not one of the ones you can buy written by people who never had their own child to care for, but one tailor made […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Family Life Tagged With: happy teenagers, having great kids, learning to parent, parenting, teenagers

Not just a girl with Aspergers.

May 10, 2013 by

Todays #10wks10yrs post is about Maddy. It’s written with her permission and explains why one of the biggest elements of our life at times through the last 12 years has almost never been discussed on the blog. *** The internet is full of support blogs about children living with Aspergers and Autism these days. They […]

Filed Under: Maddy, PoP at 10 Years Tagged With: aspergers, Aspergers routines, Aspergers temper, Aspergers toilet training, girl with Aspergers, life with Aspergers, teenage girl with Aspergers

And now she is 11

May 8, 2013 by

Amelie. The name most often said in the house. Since way back then… And then…. And oh my goodness, I know this face now. With a certain amount of this along the way… I love them big, but these were special days. Suddenly this. This. Eleven. Almost her whole life has been captured here on […]

Filed Under: Amelie

Stitched Sunday

May 5, 2013 by

With one blanket under my belt this year and the cardigan of doom finished (I don't think I like it though 🙁 ) I thought it was time to try something new. I've got another throw on the go but it doesn't need to be ready till autumn and I fancied doing something new. I'm […]

Filed Under: Crochet, Uncategorized

Making it.

May 4, 2013 by

We have a few rules in this house, not many, just a few. One of them is to not give up too easily, to stick at something if it feels hard, or too tough and get to the end of a term, or finish the exam you are on, or complete the show, or achieve […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Fran

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