I’m going to let the photos do the talking today. Suffice it to say, it was small, intimate and just how the bride and groom wanted it. Oh, and I’ll also prefix the photos with the fact that Charlotte and Ads married in the same church as Gary and I did. It’s a very old……
Category: Homeschooling
A Homespun Hen Night {Charlotte’s Love Story}
Lillie and I organised a lovely homespun hen night for Charlotte. The only things Charlotte wanted was for it to be small, at home and all about the pink! Everyone got in on the night. Ollie, Charlotte’s best friend, took her shopping in Kingston for the day to allow us to set up (thanks Ollie!).……
Charlotte’s Love Story: The Proposal
Last December, Ads took Charlotte to Norway and proposed to her. This was no surprise to us. Ads had approached Gary a couple of years prior to this and expressed his wish to marry Charlotte sometime in the future. Just before they went away, he double checked it was okay. They had a wonderful time……
Charlotte’s Love Story
Charlotte had been ill for at least three years before we finally got her first diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) brought on by a nasty throat infection. It explained the reason why my most energetic and vivacious daughter fell asleep sitting upright whilst reading. And why her normally rosy complexion had taken on grey……
I Did Something I Never Thought I Would…
Lillie and Charlotte turn 21 in October. Thomas was given a car for his joint 18th/21st birthday. This was a perfect present for him, because it gave him the independence he desperately wanted. The girls’ 18th birthday presents were wonderful but I wanted to give them something super special for their 21st which was very……
Reading, Watching, Listening for the Weekend
Reading This week has been a week of flicking through books for inspiration for my next painting. I had decided to do another miniature world to create a second card to go along with my mouse card: I have a goal to try to create packs of six greetings cards. I want a safari pack,……
Mesopotamian Ziggurats Homeschool Lesson
In this homeschool lesson about Mesopotamian ziggurats we will explore what ziggurats are, where and when they were built and by whom. We will then investigate why ziggurats were built, looking into depth at the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple at Urek. Pin this post to bookmark it for later! To recap so far, the……
Happy 15th Birthday Abigail
Happy birthday my darling girl! I can not believe it’s been 15 years since you were born. You’ve heard the story of your birth so many times. For me, though, I can not tell it enough. You were born after the twins horrific birth when I nearly died. With no recordable blood pressure and no……
First Day Back to Homeschool
Today was our first day back to homeschool. I realised I may only have four more of these, depending on whether Becs decides to head off to school in the future. I wanted to mark it in some way, but because most of the girls courses are online, I have no adventure boxes for the……
Reading, Listening and Watching this Weekend
Reading I’m still very slowly reading through the essential reading for my master’s degree, Critical Practice with Children and Young People. I intend to complete this over the next month. I make notes so it’s slow progress 🙂 I love to look at the art of children’s books. I think my style of art is quite……
September Goals
Welcome to my wildly unrealistic (this will surprise absolutely no-one) September Goals! I’m not sure why I have started with the gardening goals first. I mean these are the ones I am least likely to achieve and are also the least important to me. I guess I was writing down my goals as they came……
Progress with Goals in August
I almost didn’t write this post because there has been so little progress…I felt a post that consisted of one word ‘zero’ would be wildly boring, not to mention a little short. Then I realised that I hadn’t set any goals this month. Ha, clever ol’ me! If you don’t set any then you can’t……
Books Read in August
For all the books I’ve read this year, click on the following links: January to March April May June July And these are the ones I have read in August: 51. On Writing by Stephen King 52. Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner by Joe Nocera 53. Secret Suffragette by Barbara Mitchelhill 54. Black Beauty……
Reading, Watching and Listening this Weekend
Reading This week I have been reading my daughter’s book Icarus Falls and my essential reading for my master’s degree, Critical Practice with Children and Young People. I’ve read half of Icarus Falls already but then my copy suddenly disappeared! I’ve just got it back, so I’ve been finishing it up. The text book is……
Peri-Menopause and Voice Issues
Hot flushes? Tick. (Even more) sleep issues? Tick. Nocturia? Tick. Aching joints? Tick. Exhaustion? Tick, tick, tick. Irregular periods? Tick. Yep, you guessed it. Claire is in peri-menopause. And it sucks. So much. I have never felt so ill or so unlike myself. But it didn’t occur to me that the change in my voice……