Silent Sunday…

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Happy New Year, everyone! I’m thinking of ten resolutions [so I have a shot at seeing one through] and feeling yucky thanks to the Christmas bugs we’ve all carried. Our wish is for health and happiness this year as a family – and on a personal note I took part in Eli Coach Daddy’s six…
Bum bounce. Bum bounce. BUMMMM BOUNCCCCCCCCE! I hear these words at least seven or eight times an hour as Hero pleads with me to join him on the trampoline in the back garden. Let’s forget that my body, post three huge baby boys, is hardly trampoline-ready, or that the neighbours can see me each time…
As a teacher, as a parent, I’m very aware of the role that Ofsted play in my children’s education. I’ve been on the receiving end of several “outstanding” inspections as a teacher, and a “good” inspection as a parent. As a teacher, the result was far more important to me than as a parent I’ll…
Snowy days in Hampshire are very few and far between. We get plenty of wet days, an abundance of windy days from the Southampton coast, and lots of toe-curlingly cold days, but few snow days. So when we awoke to a flurry of flakes and a blanket of white purity on Friday, we moved understandably…
Have you ever seen anything so cute on the roads today as this little milk float below? Me either. It’s been over 8 years since we had our milk delivered by a float. Sadly, this is not for us grown ups. It’s the world’s smallest milk float, driven by Ella’s dad (of Ella’s Kitchen fame)…
Despite getting ridiculously excited over the new Christmas and Hallowe’en scented candles in our local garden centre, I have to confess that I have had my head in the sand – or the candle wax even – when it comes to buying candles for relaxing with at home. Fantastically, the very cheery team at The…