Motherhood: The Emotional Rollercoaster
Living Arrows – 38/52 {2017} “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” As a parent, you kind of expect some weeks to be more challenging than others. Like the last week of term when all the children are exhausted or at Christmas time when the excitement rises. You […]
Slow Living: Small Adventures
Living Arrows – 37/52 {2017} “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” One thing we have found incredibly hard to do with four young children is swimming. Our old leisure centre asked one adult per child for younger children. This meant we only managed swimming on holidays for our […]
Slow Mornings and Fast Weekends
Slow Mornings There is something about waking naturally, rather than to the sound of an alarm or the radio. It always makes the mornings seem much more relaxed, even if they do start at the usual time of 7am (Yes, we are VERY lucky!). My favourite part of the school holidays is losing the rush to […]
Outnumbered
Wednesday this week marked the start of our summer holidays. We celebrated with two lazy days at home, filled with far too much Youtube, films and games. All the children were suffering from end-of-term exhaustion; they were grumpy and teary and needed time to relax. By Friday, we were all ready to escape and let […]
The End of the Baby Years
A few days ago we had Ava’s home visit, ready for her ‘stay and play’ sessions in September, ahead of her starting nursery two days a week. Her key worker asked was how was I feeling about September. It’s a question I hadn’t given much thought. September is a massive change for all children, a new […]
Celebrating the end of the school year
Our life has been really fast paced recently, mostly because of our ongoing kitchen renovation. It will definitely be worth it, but the early mornings and late nights have been really hard. Ava has suffered from night terrors all the way through too, maybe because of the upheaval. Our kitchen has had a complete replaster, […]
Mummy? We Want Another Baby!
I have been pretty quiet on this blog for a while. When life gets busy, something has got to give, and my blog has taken a bit of a back seat. Until recently, when my little Amy had to put together an ‘all about me’ box to take into nursery, and I decided to look here for […]
Conkers and Pumpkins
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” I love half term for its extra photo opportunites…. I would love to caputure an image of each child each week to add to living arrows and this week we managed it! Its been a lovely half term apart from when […]
An Autumn River Walk
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” This year we have spent the first few weeks of Autumn indoors snuggling up, drinking hot drinks, nursing colds, watching films and recovering from long weeks at school, so this weekend we decided to go for a walk to blow off […]
You Know You Have Taken Too Many Photos When…
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” On the way home from our new school, we pass a small play park. Most days the children ask to stop and play as we pass (rainy days are usually a park free day!) Ava began walking just before the summer […]