Words for Wednesday…


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Having been in labour twice, and giving birth once on St. Valentine’s Day, we celebrate the birthdays of two beautiful little boys instead of romance on February 14th [and 15th] in our house. Although there’s no candlelit supper, rose petals or champagne sadly, I do have the most precious memories [the flash-backs of the excruciating pain have stopped,…
It’s all over. The decorations are mostly taken down and dismantled [though not packed away yet] and the mince pies are eaten. Christmas, our last first Christmas, has passed. We lost Excalibur to the fields beyond the Rainbow Bridge and simultaneously tried to celebrate Baby Hero’s first Christmas time as we have for Jensen and…
With sun-flushed cheeks and grass-scattered hair, knocking scuffed sandal toes with our friends as we swung about on the chipped, yellow pudding bowl climbing frame outside our house, every Summer we waited. As soon as we heard it, we’d scramble from our metal perches and race to our doorstep, heads craned sideways to yell through…
The study of mathematics has the capacity to influence how we perceive the world. Year 2 is a critical turning point in early education where kids build the groundwork for their mathematical journey. What better resource than year 2 maths worksheets is there to spark their interest in mathematics and help them develop crucial skills?…
It’s been 360 days since my last birthday – which means it’s been 360 days since I ate these too-good-to-be-true macrons from my little sister, mom and dad. Beautiful macrons that they went to extraordinary lengths to get for me after I actually crushed my own macrons from the Dordogne into crumbs [embarrassing story right there]. Which…
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…