We’re indulging in a little bit of French language here, in preparation for our death-defying leap over the North Sea (yes, we’ve booked the planes, no i haven’t yet organised the passports, yes i really am going, no i haven’t placed a bet on the certainty of a major terror alert erupting in the week […]

When we were out yesterday, i took some lovely photos (well,  i like them) of the girls. I was thinking as i did it, that it seems to be much harder to get a ‘bad’ photo of a child; something about the flesh depth on their faces, the mobility and the general lack of saggy […]

Last weekend Max and i got a weekend away for the first time in almost 3 years; the last time we had a night off was the night Joey was born and i think the fact i’m refering to that as a night off means its been too long! With Joey breastfeeding for so long, […]

A few things i’ve read, watched and thought on over the last week, plus some conversations i’ve had and some things i’ve done have colided to form a bit of a blog post. I’m not going to password it, but i am going to put it beneath the fold and i warn people in advance […]

I spoke to the girls musical theatre teacher today about maybe doing a “during the week” musical theatre class for HE kids. She said she thought it might work out and would let me know tomorrow what kind of times were available. Our first thoughts were that it would be a class of no more […]

We’ve just had as conversation where Maddy asserted that Father Christmas and Gods might well be the same thing, i suggested that perhap[s it is somewhere closer to Father Christmas and Fairies being the same thing and then Fran decided that Father Christmas is actually quite like Doctor Who… because he regenerates. Who am i […]

The big two are booked into some activities this week, so we’re spending a bit of time running about after them and the rest of it trying to give the younger two a decent week. I’m having to do an AWFUL LOT of chasing up of parcels as the strikes seem to mean things are […]

I’m back up, having already had the nightly nightmare which means i’ll be up until about 2.30am trying to shake it off. Sigh. Brain transplant anyone? Mine’s free to a good home, or even not that good a home actually, i think it would be better off in someone with slightly less tendency to think. […]

… the minute i say i’m laying off education AND guilt for a few weeks, they all go and get industrious, which is great, though it makes me feel simultaneous irrelevant AND out of touch 😉 Fran has finally (i think this really IS finally) learned the art of reading for pleasure and knowledge. Her […]