I’m all out of blogging mojo and blogging time but this needs recording. The girls competed in a gym comp at the weekend. I’ll have to add video later for posterity but here is a picture to remind me of a great day. They both did well although it was not Fran’s day really (gcses […]
Saturday
It’s been such a busy few weeks; gcse’s looming, 2 shows to get the kids through, all the school upheaval, trying to launch a new website (STILL trying to do that) and a cello exam, plus all the ordinary gym things. If I get to sit down at all, it seems to be about 10.30pm. […]
School Perks.
I find myself quite conflicted about our schooling life lately, even more so than I was at the beginning. It has been imperfect for the younger two girls in some ways (as we expected it would be, that’s why we didn’t used to send them after all!) and although Josie is settled and Fran is […]
Josie visits the House of Lords to #ChangeTheStory
When this blog started Josie was not even a twinkle in my eye but even then, right back at the beginning in May 2003, books and reading were the building blocks of our home education journey. My confidence in a book-rich education led to my self belief in educating my children at home. They’ve grown […]
A Day in London.
I’ve got lots to say about the rather fabulous event Josie and I attended today at the House of Lords but I’m just too tired and caught up in other things tonight. So here are some pictures of a very special day I spent with my smallest girl, who rarely gets me all to herself […]
Education the other way.
After years of being the ‘slightly not in a box’ home ed group on visits and trips out, I experienced being a ‘mum on a school trip’ this week. Josie’s year went on a trip to the Egyptian area of the British Museum and I decided to go too. This was partly because I was […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #4: The Cardboard Box Edition
Now, obviously I’m a big advocate of toys, what with making my living selling them, but I’m the first to admit that a REALLY good cardboard box can hardly be beaten for sheer value. There are masses of post on this blog, I’m sure, of pictures of the girls in the olden days when stock […]
Baby, you're a firework.
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 […]
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 […]
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