My Josie is 9. My babiest girl, my little JosieJo. 9 years old. I’m a long way past making their birthdays about their births. Everything that once surrounded this day for me is long gone in a stream of best birthdays ever and the amazing girl who has blossomed in front of us this last […]
Josie's Big Day.
A very long time ago, Josie did her first ever gym competition. She was terribly nervous and although she did fine, forgetting her floor routine mid dance had a big impact on her and she said she would never do another one. Move on a year or move and I was a bit surprised to […]
Thanks for all the fish.
Quite by accident, I missed a huge milestone moment last week. I sent Fran off to her cleft team review and when she came back, she was discharged from full team care! 15 and a half years of regular meetings with the same people came to an end and I wasn’t there to see it […]
Bene made some cakes. Which is not the whole blog post.
When I wanted another baby, part of it was that I so wanted to be able to do better at all the things I felt I had failed to do well with the girls; I was too busy, 4 children in 6 years rather took its toll, there wasn’t enough time, I was tired etc […]
Review: Window Art with Post-it Notes
Now here is a match made in heaven, a blogger who once had her roots in easy early years crafting, who loves stationery and spends her life trialing and selling crafty loveliness…. I can’t go wrong with a Post-it Note window art challenge! Josie adored this, really loved it. An envelope full of pleasing stacks […]
Home educating for a day.
The trouble with slightly milking how ill you are with a cold while your ex home educating mummy is very sleepy, is that when she realises you’ve got one over on her, she has weapons. Today has mostly been brought to Josie by education city, reading eggs, tricky word practice and Oxford reading tree. Bwahahaha. […]
Summer Sewing
I used to really love sewing but somehow I just haven’t had time recently and my trusty sewing machine languished dustily in the garage. I finally got it serviced, only for someone to snap the bobbin holder off and then I… tried to fix it. With superglue. Which dripped down into the workings. Bum. Luckily […]
Do not say they drive you mad.
If, wearied, you wish the summer holidays to end and peace to reign again at home, I ask you to count. Count the weeks of holiday from now till that 18th year, when examinations stop – and life begins. Count the Christmas tumble weeks, count the raining Easter weeks, count the weeks of trips away […]
An almost finished product.
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 […]
Making it.
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 […]
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