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November Precious Moments
Can you believe Christmas is in less than a month?! Christmas has well and truly come to our house, and if Becca had anything to do with it, it would have started the day after Christmas last year! Yes, my youngest does love anything Christmas related… as you can see on family video night: As […]
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Embroidery for Kids
Last year Becca began a level 1 qualification in Textiles. Her first unit was on embroidery for kids. It has been wonderful watching her enthusiasm for embroidery take off. This first unit required Becca to create a sampler of a variety of stitches. We used the following book: Making a Simple Stitch Sampler At first […]
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Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast
I love my breakfasts. Five days a week I eat a very healthy, very delicious oatmeal breakfast with nuts, seeds and fruit. It is sugar free and full of lots and lots of nutrients. Yummy! I roll my own oats from organic oat groats I buy in bulk. Freshly rolled oats are more moist and […]
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October Precious Moments
I guess the biggest news this month is that Abigail was baptised! It was such a lovely service, and I was once again just really pleased that we did not get Abigail baptised at birth. It is so special watching a child grow in their faith and make their own decision to be baptised. Abigail […]
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September Precious Moments
Lots of lovely learning going on in our house right now. Lillie and Ads have started university. Lil has thoroughly enjoyed every fresher event she could, and has had a ball! Ads has been out with the Conservative Club at uni for a pub crawl! He still managed to catch the right train home and […]
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IGCSE Environmental Management
This is just a quick post to share the first term’s plans for Abigail as she embarks on her first IGCSE in Environmental Management: Our plan is to cover the IGCSE in Environmental Management syllabus in three years, revise and take the exam in the forth year. This allows Abs to work through the course […]
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First Day of Home School 2021
This year I have one teen in work and living away from home, happy in his job as junior worship pastor. Our eldest twin is starting art university – Lillie received a distinction in her Foundation diploma which along with her diploma in Photography gave her the equivalent UCAS points to three A* A Levels! […]
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Happy 13th Birthday, Abigail!
Today, my second youngest daughter turns thirteen. Thirteen?! Where did the years go? Sweetheart, I hope you have wonderful day, and all your dreams and wishes come true ❤️ You have totally grown into yourself this year. After months of lockdown you have thoroughly enjoyed being amongst friends at last, especially your closest friend, Evie […]
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Healthy Vegan Wrap
Over the last few weeks we have been having wraps for lunch. I can’t believe I haven’t discovered them before now! They are delicious, really healthy with little to no un-natural ingredients (I say little because I did not make the wraps). You need: Wrap Humous Edamame beans Spinach Watercress Avocado Tomatoes Cucumber Peppers – […]
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Creating a Haven for Charlotte
As you all know, Charlotte has many, many medical diagnoses (ME, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, non epileptic seizure disorder, tic disorder and functional neurological disorder with a hallucinogenic component, generalised anxiety disorder…). In an attempt to do something, anything, which might help her, I decided to turn her bedroom into a haven of peace and tranquillity. […]