Done – and in profit for my first year of trading, in black and white on that there excel sheet. Phew! Now i just need to fill in that form and post it and the job is, as they say, a good’un. *Must be more organised in future!*

Scraping the title barrel these days 😆 Today has ended a generally pleasant “getting back to it” week. I feel much more upbeat about things now that i have Amelie properly back. I feel like i can start to get some sort of rhythm back into the day now, which is a massive relief. i […]

Or perhaps it is just a little out of my league… I’m hunting unsuccessfully for oil pastel tutorials, not wanting to buy more books because i am being frugal and thinknig that this OUGHT to be freely available formart enthusiasts on the net. Sure it would have been a few years ago. It is sort […]

Today was the first day back to nursery for Amelie – at about midday i suggested it, she looked doleful and i finally decided that spending half the morning persuading her to do something she half wants and i don’t want is really, really silly. So i phoned up and withdrew her. Phew. There, i […]

Always makes me smile 🙂 (In fact, a “pink skirt” flickr group is probably in order!)

…said the Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo. Fran has been listening to Just So Stories from Audible, so she knew this one and joined in with gusto. We’ve done stories early today, at the end of a pleasantly educational day; i started reading this just to Fran as the other two refused to listen, […]

I have been coming to the conclusion, over the last 6 months or so, that the only possible explanation for having ended up with a Joey Maynard brace of girls is that i willed them on myself with all those Chalet School Stories. And having done so, not to subject them to some form of […]

I’m determined to add more art into this year, both theoretical and practical art, so we decided to start the month with getting out some paints and stuff, just to see where we are at. I wasn’t very organised, nor did we (Tammy and me) try to guide them particularly but it will be good […]

I just found 37 comments from friends in moderation – including all the ones from you Helen that you complained that i ignored! I wonder why it did that? It never has before… what did you change, Jax?

I feel like this holiday could go on another 2 weeks quite happily. We all seem in such good spirits; the house feels fresh and tidy, the children are happy, everyone is getting on well. Shame Max has to go back to work tomorrow really 🙁 Ah well, not long till Centerparcs 🙂 Started the […]