First, the obligatory pox pic Not too bad, not ill at all and tonight is night 3, so hopefully over the worst. It’s nearly at her ankles and wrists now, so hopefully the worst is over. Amazing the way it spreads like that! I’ve done my piece of art to submit (it’s on flickr, I’ll […]
Generally Josie with Moderate Maddy
Poor Josie has woken up with Chicken Pox this morning, which is odd to say the least since it was only yesterday that, hunting back through my blog to make myself cry with what a 5 month old should be doing, I found these pictures of Amelie from after she had chicken pox (lord, don’t […]
Picasso Day
Art day again. Unfortunately I was having a basket case day, for a variety of small and imperceptible reasons, but luckily Zoe was on top form and carried us beautifully (thanks and sorry!) Started off with Zoe talking to them about Picasso from various books and then they tried something Maddy did at the art […]
Food and thoughts
We grew something. We even ate it. Not only that; I cooked it. I’ve had a really rotten day; full of empty grief and loss and lack of hope. I’ve sat on my bed and not cried, cuddled Freddie’s blanket and not been able to find comfort, read a novel about infertility and child loss, […]
No cake but what we make
This week Josie and Maddy have, at various times, made puddings and cakes. They are rather proud of them – and we all think they are very tasty. On a separate note, I’ve been mulling over the current trend of “sponsored posts” recently for one reason or another, not least that i recently took part […]
Van Gogh Oil Pastel Day
After a quiet weekend, we set off to Zoe’s on Monday for another art day which I had in concept but err… not in planning 😆 Still… nothing that couldn’t be solved over tea and a few books. We’d decided to carry on following the Usborne Treasury book from last time and try aversion of […]
Going round in circles isn't always bad.
After the success of the Kandinsky Monday, it was probably inevitable that more would follow. The girls have been fairly actively arty all week, which suits me just fine. I can hardly believe it, but in some senses we are (as a family) heading in to the run of ‘the run up to Christmas’ soon […]
Music, movement & painting in circles
Zoe and i commenced “the plan” today, working our way around Fran, Skye and Amelie going to a workshop with Tim Noble at their dance school. While they were out, we got the others working with a fairly intensive day looking at the art of Kandinsky with the help of a rather fab book from […]
The Weekly Round Up.
Last Friday we went off to Wicksteed Park for the day. Not been for ages and the girls all really enjoyed themselves, mingling with friends and going on rides with them and with Daddy. I was happy just to mooch and watch them enjoy their half price wristbands; I’m not a fan of rides and […]
Catch up again.
Lovely weekend away at the Festival of History with friends, camping for 2 nights at Wicksteed Park. Will blog it better shortly when I can find my proper camera cable, there were some ups and downs and some really great day out moments too. Just wanted to say thank you to all my incredibly lovely […]
