Today is being a terribly nice day ( Read more... )

How on earth did it suddenly become five past ten?! I still have a treasure hunt to type up and print, and five small tunics-for-dishmops to cut out before bed (yes it is holiday club this week; just two days. Today went very well and we're all looking forward to tomorrow!).

So said Little Three a minute ago as we got out of the car at the service station a little south of Glasgow ( Read more... )

...I've been watching the last in the series of Jam and Jerusalem and it took a while to appear on iPlayer - and once I realised it had I had to watch it straight away and it was an hour long and... actually why am I even justifying myself?! I'm awake at this time, so what ( Read more... )

It's only Tuesday morning and the older two children are behaving as though it is at least Thursday! Little One is complaining of tummy ache and looking languid, and Little Two is still in bed, despite repeated calls from me for the last twenty minutes. We have to leave the house in 15 minutes; he is not going to have time for any breakfast other ( Read more... )

Tim has set up the brazier we bought from Aldi in the summer, and we have a lovely fire going in the back yard! The children are all outside with him watching it, and I am inside cooking up sausages and burgers ready for us to eat out there, whilst singing loudly along to the radio, it's great ( Read more... )

1. I am so, so, so cold. I'm wearing two tops, a cardigan and a woolly scarf and am still blimmin' freeeeezing ( Read more... )

1. I've stopped. For the first time all week. There is of course still all the stuff to do that has been waiting for me since last week, but for tonight, I have come to a standstill. And it feels GOOD ( Read more... )

Phew. *Collapses in a small heap ( Read more... )

1. Holiday club continues to be fantastic and time consuming in equal measure! The rewards I am getting from doing it certainly outweigh the amount of time I'm putting into it - and I know I am putting in no time at all compared to J and A who are doing the majority of the preparation for each day ( Read more... )