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That Social Whirl Called Daughters

December 5, 2011 by

Oh how I could laugh in the face of “how will they ever learn to socialise?” Our feet are not touching the ground for a moment, so busy are we hurtling from one social or sporting occasion to another. Just call us taxi drivers, quite frankly. Amelie had a lovely few days with her friend […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Gymnastics, Home Education, School Tagged With: gym competition, gymnastics, performing in professional pantomime as a child, performing in talent shows as a child

The home ed bits.

November 18, 2011 by

Life, aside from being extremely busy, is very peaceful here, back into the rhythm we all find comfortable and comforting. The girls get their stuff done first thing (currently we’re doing lots of maths, verbal and non verbal reasoning, spelling, grammar games and reading practise) and then, with that done by 11am or so, we’re […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Family Life, Gymnastics, Home Education, Music, Sport & Dance Tagged With: draw write now, drawing animals with kids, grade 1 violin, grade 3 cello, gymnastics, Home Education, music for kids

The Other Nice Bits of the Week.

March 25, 2011 by

Fran and I have spent a very pleasant few bits of time sat at the table and making bracelets and dragons; she’s started to sell a few to friends now and has been invited to a charity coffee morning with them tomorrow. hard to know how that will go but I hope she sells some. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Fran, Garden, Gymnastics, Sport & Dance Tagged With: art projects for kids, bush baby drawing, cvc words, drawing, garden time, gymnastics, keeping rabbits, learning to read, making rabbit runs, pet rabbits, top that cards

4 good things

March 22, 2011 by

1. This morning my guest post on Tots100 appeared – thanks for that opportunity Sally 🙂 Never done a guest post before, enjoyed it. 2. Fran and Amelie did their music festival. Amelie got commended and Fran a merit. Fran played really well (they both did) so was a bit sad not to do better. […]

Filed Under: Amelie, Fran, Josie, Maddy, Sport & Dance, Uncategorized Tagged With: cello, gymnastics, iphone4, music festival, tots100, trampoline, violin

The End of All Things

March 17, 2011 by

The one that starts with things endings and ends with things beginning and covers up an awful lot of wondering “how could you?” It has been a horrible week; I’ve cried harder this week than I have all year, mostly bout things I can’t write and partly because anything stressful turns into more tears about […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Freddie, Gymnastics, Music, Sport & Dance, The Girls, Trying to Conceive, Wed Ed Group Tagged With: dancing, grief, gymnastics, infant loss, music lessons, trying to conceive

In between two weekends.

September 17, 2010 by

I do wish I could remember to blog more frequently about life, rather than about death. B- Must try harder. I spend a lot of time worrying about life, trying to keep things right for everyone and annoying people by going on about it, but not perhaps quite enough time living and doing it. Right. […]

Filed Under: Amelie, Arts & Crafts, Creative Every Day, Fran, Gymnastics, Josie, Knitting & Sewing, Maddy, Music, Sport & Dance Tagged With: ballet, crafts for kids, draw write now, drawing for young children, exploring fear with children, greek myths, grief, gymnastics, Home Education, painting, taekwondo, weekends away

All the other things we've been doing.

June 21, 2010 by

I’m so far behind on the day to day life around here that I don’t think I can remember. Maddy went on her PGL holiday and loved it. I wasn’t really worried about her going, though it didn’t feel very long after all our traumas. She was very pleased to be going and came home […]

Filed Under: Amelie, Arts & Crafts, Being a Parent, Children & Grief, Fran, Josie, Maddy, Sport & Dance, Trips Out, Uncategorized Tagged With: children and grief, east of england show, family, grandparents separating, gymnastics, outdoors art, parenting, pgl holidays, tree pictures, using chalk pastel, writing Hinchingbrokke SCBU

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