This was Maddy’s first attempt at a tree frog by the rather wonderful author Christi Friesen. I’ve put her 4 books together here – along with being funny, well illustrated, easy to follow and with very pleasing projects, they are also cheap! We’ve had a great time already with her 4 books and you can […]

Gloss over normals… all went well, signed Fran up to paid version of Meleto; like it like it, like it. Considering doing one of the adult courses myself!!! taught Maddy B,C,D, 2 lots of E and G to go with the A and D on the recorder she already knew. 15 minutes later she has […]

Amelie was itchy and woke me up and now i can’t sleep plus i got a lie in this morning after trying to stay up to keep Max and the cricket company and therefore deny myself my full 4 1/2 hours 😕 Cricket… the perfect portrayal of the major differences between most men and most […]

Get this bit done first, as it really was the crowning glory of both the last two days for me and Maddy. When Moo and i had our school/no school talk the other night, she asked me to make sure we followed up on all the topics that caught our attention. One thing she has […]

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First go with memory wire. Bottle beads from Ghana, bone (humanely collected) and miracle beads. Sunflower buttons. Flower buttons. Squiggly fridge magnets Maddy cleaning up at Monopoly Maddy’s rings for Amelie. Cos she’s gorgeous! I’m distracting myself… still no news.

No, for once i’m not talking about my mental health 😉 Now, which ones look most like Kirsty and James…. 😉 (And Chris, honest, i know this is not how it’s done, i just haven’t bought any lights yet!)

I am from love and a kiss and a whisper, I am from death and despair and disaster. I am from pain and from blood on the floor, I’m from not wanting to live anymore. I am from seeing what’s best at the time, I am from loving this family of mine. I am from […]

Bed hair, wonky wings and a crumpled halo. What HAS she been doing?