There goes May …
| June 2, 2013 | Posted by Sarah under games, music |
I’m not entirely sure how a month can go by so quickly – other than that a third of the way through May, we received a review copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf to play before release date. Those of you who know me will realise that I could hardly contain my excitement about this…
Our family bank holiday weekend …
| May 6, 2013 | general |
At one point in our family life, I might have attempted to plan something for the family to do over the bank holiday weekend – I am beginning to feel those days are long gone, everyone has their own interests these days, and this weekend has been an example of that. Steve has been racing…
I do actually love my job
| April 20, 2013 | while at work ... |
Here is the kitchen table at work, ready for a new round of our Friday favourite – messy play. Cornflour gloop with added cocoa – our colour this half term is brown – and the topic is minibeasts so we had some bugs to play and make marks with. Just add four very special children…
Last weekend of the holidays
| April 14, 2013 | general |
Earlier this week I decided that I couldn’t let the holiday go by without going to visit my gorgeous twin nieces, so we fixed up a trip to see both sets of Oxfordshire cousins. We had a lovely day – lunch and a walk with one family, then tea, games and Dr Who with the…
ECO trip to Rennes
| April 12, 2013 | abigail, anna, away from home, josiah, music |
This holiday the children went on a five day exchange visit to Rennes. Back in 2008 we hosted a couple of girls who stayed with us when L’Orchestre des Jeunes d’Haute Bretagne came here, so this time it was our orchestra’s turn to travel. The kids stayed in people’s homes, and had a varied programme…
Featured Images
| April 11, 2013 | while at work ... |
From now on, I suspect I will be more mindful of photographs that I take in order to match up with a blog post, since I’ve plumped for a theme which shows featured images on the front page. I quite like it, with a few edits it now feels a little bit like my old…
A trip to Tunisia
| April 7, 2013 | away from home |
So, the children have all gone with Exeter Children’s Orchestra on a trip to France, and Steve & I reserved the time for a holiday together, but for quite some time we couldn’t decide what to do when they were gone. Eventually we booked a very last minute break with lastminute.com, to Sousse in Tunisia.…
Imaginary friends
| February 22, 2013 | home education, science |
I have sat through a number of e-safety talks at my girls’ school (well, okay, just the one – one was enough!) where the girls have been advised never to arrange to meet up with someone they have met online. At this point I do normally switch off, as I have a number of friends…
A page from St. Margaret's newsletter
| February 16, 2013 | school |
Since the Music Department have announced Anna’s news I suppose I ought to as well. She has been offered a place at Wells Cathedral School for sixth form. We are viagra españa comprar quite proud of her, really!
Songs that have been on my mind recently …
| February 7, 2013 | music |
1. Jessie’s song. Josiah came home one day recently and said that a friend had sung it, and then it was in my brain for about a week after that. Makes me cry every time I watch it properly. (think I was hormonal?!) 2. Ford Econoline. This one was Steve’s fault as he came home…
Winter Birthdays
| January 6, 2013 | celebrations |
In a particularly epic fail by their parents, both girls have birthdays at Christmas time. One was bad enough, but having another baby the other side of Christmas really was silly. Still, they are both rather lovely girls and I wouldn’t have them any other way. Well, perhaps a bit quieter … Birthday celebrations in…
Happy New Year
| December 31, 2012 | general |
So, Christmas has been and gone. We enjoyed another Cathedral Christmas, followed by a day spent entertaining various family from near and far on Boxing Day. It’s been quiet here since then, which has been very good – we were all exhausted. We’ve done a bit of work this week, and a bit of shopping,…
Parenting by text
| November 25, 2012 | general |
I find myself increasingly worried that a lot of my parenting happens by text message these days … either directly with the children or with Steve before one of us tries texting the kids! There are good points to this: Even texts that SHOUT are quiet. Texting upstairs at 3am to tell teenagers to shut…
Sunny October days
| October 28, 2012 | while at work ... |
I’m surprised my blog remembers me, these days, I post so infrequently. However, I’ve found a few photos on my phone, and the clocks go back so I’ve got a spare hour in which to write something … Yet again when we have lovely fresh autumn sunshine, I am reminded that I love living in…
Night with her train of stars
| September 15, 2012 | personal |
Busy day for me today. ECO all morning as usual, starting with a bang as we have our usual fun day/season opener concert at Crealy, so there was lots to organise. It will be the first time in years that I’m not actually going myself though – only Abbie can be there (Josiah is singing…
