We all know that small children love cardboard boxes, they can be sat in, tipped over and turned into pretty much anything with a bit of imagination – but can they do anything for an older child? We spent a day where our main focus was directed by a box and this is what we [Continue]
For a few years I have been planning to celebrate Pi day but I kept missing it. This year - despite the fact that we were really too busy – we decided we would clebrate it. Pi day is held on March 14th in American terms 3:14. I invited people from Our HE group to join us and we celebrated Pi [Continue]
So Thursday I am up relatively early as as we have not yet reached the end of the month I decided to make bread rather than buy any. This was a bit of a risk as I adapted Paul Hollywood’s cob loaf recipe to have about 1/3 whole wheat flour and some seeds in one loaf. Until I [Continue]
I usually only blog the days were something of at least vague interest happens – but I am trying to blog all week so here goes with a nothing at all really day. It’s OK for us to have some days like this they balance out the very active days. Start of the day persuade everyone to get up [Continue]
We stayed out too late playing cards on Saturday night, I said we would leave at 9.30 but was having far too much fun so we stayed until after 11! We played a huge game of demons in which the Gibson family took all the bottom places. We have a plan however and will play [Continue]
So last weekday in my diary of the week. Well it started early – I woke Ruth up at 1.35 thinking it was 7.05 and she had missed her paper round! I heard her get up at the right time for her round and got up. Finally this week I managed to get up early. [Continue]
One morning this week I had a chance to just sit quietly at breakfast time and realised that the table was full of my favourite things. The first daffodils we’ve had this year: A lovely scone with home made jelly (apple and sloe gin flavoured). A tea pot full of Earl Grey tea – the [Continue]
Jonathan and I had plans for today. Yesterday Jonathan had made some shortbread and crispie cakes at the HE meet – but they weren’t dairy free (I hadn’t been on top of things enough to remember to take alternative ingredients) so he couldn’t eat them. He was happy to give them away to the rest of us [Continue]
Our Christmas days follow a fairly predictable pattern. The girls get up early and open stockings we eventually wake Jonathan up and any remaining stockings are opened in our bedroom and all gifts are displayed for everyone to see. highlights this year were Rebekah spilling her tea over my lovely and expensive (certainly by our [Continue]
We made a few edible Christmas creations this year. Some fudge and some of Nigella’s puddinis and some vodka soaked blackberries covered in chocolate. A selection of Lemon cakes: Rebekah has been working on chocolate creations – marbled penguins and chocolate slabs: [Continue]
