Category: general
Our family bank holiday weekend …
| May 6, 2013 | Posted by Sarah under 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…
Last weekend of the holidays
| April 14, 2013 | Posted by Sarah under 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…
Happy New Year
| December 31, 2012 | Posted by Sarah under 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 | Posted by Sarah under 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…
