Last week I was trying to do to much. Now I'm supposed to be doing nothing at all. You think you know what you're doing. You think you're listening to your...

And a day of two halves And he was such a happy birthday boy. He loves his new scooter - he pinches his sister's whenever he gets a chance, so it seemed the...

Grandma sent us a book. Sally is always excited by post that is addressed to her, and a big book of activities was indeed an exciting thing to find when she ...

HELL YEAH. So these curtains have been a long time in the making. The ones they replaced, my mother has just told me, are the same age as me - so not horrib...

We have had a busy few weeks. I think I'll start with the party as that was first. The garden was alll glorious and pretty in the sun - the ribbons were from...

I am playwright after all ! The show went really well. It's a bit of a weird experience watching your own words spoken and acted out - but it was also so muc...

is Madelines in the garden Thursday was a pretty hectic day. I took Sally up to the university to take part in a psychology trial called Watch them Grow - i...

and other things. It's been a pretty tough week. But there has been brightness and joy too. I was really touched by how many people reached out to offer th...

Costume creation is well underway. I keep forgetting the final number of tunics I have to make, which is probably a good thing. I think it's somewhere close...

Date night painting things. I have an exciting new arrangement with one of my NCT friends. I watch her kids every couple of weeks so her and her husband can...

Sometimes you need to do a bit of crafting. The children are at nursery today - its realistically the only day I'm going to get this week where I can get any...

Colourful crafting. Seasonal events are starting to be a bit more fun now that Sally has an inkling of what is all about, but without too much of the excess ...

Wax wraps seem like a great idea, but before using any nice fabric I figured a brief test was in order. This was probably a sensible move as my first attempt...

It is probably irreverant to thank heaven for the break when it is centrered around celebrating the rather troubling end and reappearance of the Lord in ques...

SO, SO EXCITED. The play is cast, first read through was today. It is just fab hearing all the words spoken outside of my own head. And you know what? It ...

A little bit of colour for the kids' favourite Aunty! Life has been a bit chaotic of late. There was this nice lull at half term and then term started right...

Pictures painted just two days ago and already on the wall? Wonders will never cease! I think it all looks nice and really brightens up a rather dull wall in...

Time to start putting some pictures up in this house! Step one: mask out some shapes on the paper - Sally helped choose where they needed to go. We did have...

But I think they'll still fit. I'm waiting for the point in my life when I stop making random, idiotic errors. Not the sort of mistakes you make when you're...

Of course this arrives 25 minutes before I have to get the children from nursery! Half term comes with a limited amount of quiet, me time. It is up almost e...