Silent Sunday…

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Our first Elf arrived in 2011 when Jensen Indiana was one year old. I had discovered the tradition through reading American family blogs and there were aspects I loved about the whole idea and others I wasn’t so fond of. The basic concept was of an elf who arrived in your home and who…
To combat the Granny and Grandad have gone home blues, we spent Sunday afternoon at the park…unplugged. Relaxing….and escaping onto “den” from Dadda land sharks… …and tempting them with daydreamy, dangling fingers… Chasing brothers… Brothers who were reaching, learning…. …connecting and taking turns. ….asking for help and Dadda cuddles. I love that wherever we are,…
Thanks to the amazing and delicious talents of The Cake Pop Princess, on the eve of our birthday tea, we had sumptuous cake pops. Yes, we had more cake. It’s okay though, this is cake on a lollipop stick we’re talking about. It’s a whole different food group. A super-cute and really rather fantastic food…
Resilience is a key skill in a child’s development and it will give them the opportunity to learn more about who they are and what they want to gain from life. Resilience is also a skill that will be required in any kind of support through school, everyday life, and more. This independent school in…
Keep Up With The Jones Family Instagram or Facebook followers will have noticed yesterday the solving of one of our most frustrating garden mysteries ever. We finally found the gastropod version of the Rock of Gibraltar. For weeks we’ve searched for the plump, guilty molluscs who were clearly feasting nightly on our green seedlings by the glow…
It’s half term at last and it feels so odd – today Gav is at the passport office paying a fortune to get his new passport that we no actually need to get us to Disneyland Paris. I’ve been busy preparing for our holiday – writing planning posts and actually doing that planning as I…