I was reflecting recently how sad I was that I haven’t blogged this year. It’s not been a conscious decision to stop. Rather work and life have been so very busy, I just haven’t had the time to focus on … Continue reading
A short break to Swanage
Category Archives: Family time
Looking back on 2021
I must confess, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself as the year drew to a close. We’d had big plans for the school holidays. But just 30 minutes before we were due to leave for Scotland where we due … Continue reading
Corona diaries – the end of home school (I hope)
Tomorrow marks the end of another spell of Covid-19 home school – and not a moment too soon! The children have only been in school for 4 days since November due to class bubble closures, our home Covid outbreak and … Continue reading
Covid Christmas
It’s a while since I’ve posted here. If I’m honest, I haven’t felt much like writing about family life. It’s been a challenging few weeks that have felt quite miserable at times, but on New Year’s Eve we spent some … Continue reading
A lockdown birthday for Sophie
It’s taken me a while to get to this – work has been insane over the last few weeks. But I can’t let Sophie’s 8th birthday go unmentioned on the blog! Unfortunately for Sophie, her birthday coincided with an increase … Continue reading
My boy is ten!
We passed a major milestone a few weeks ago – Alex hit double digits! Somehow I’ve been a parent for an entire decade! We marked this momentous event with a thoroughly lovely weekend of celebrations. His birthday was luckily just … Continue reading
Corona diaries – a long slog
It’s weeks and weeks since I’ve blogged. I confess after spending long days, evenings and weekends in front of my laptop trying to work through lockdown, I’ve not really fancied dedicating my limited free time to more screentime! But I … Continue reading
Corona diaries – Easter holidays
It’s six weeks now since our lockdown started, with the children home with us for five of those. I must confess, it feels like forever, and the easy days when we dashed about the city seem like a lifetime ago. … Continue reading
Corona diaries – two weeks in
We’re two week’s into Covid-19 lockdown and social distancing. It’s incredible to me how much life has changed in such a short period of time. Our world, which was so recently busy with activities, people and plans has reduced to … Continue reading
A chilly Sunday at Chartwell
I can’t read any more articles or social media about Covid-19. It’s taken over my entire life in the past fortnight with my job being completely consumed with responding to it (being Director of Comms in a university based within … Continue reading
Gathering the clan for 90th birthday celebrations
Last weekend, we were back up in Scotland for a flying visit. It was a very special occasion. My grandparents both turned 90 years old this year and so my family all gathered outside Edinburgh to celebrate with them. My … Continue reading
Sophie turns 6
Sophie turned six at the end of the half term holiday. She’d been anticipating the big day for weeks and weeks, counting down for days until it finally dawned! Because it was the school holidays, Matt and I booked a … Continue reading
The Summer of 2018 in photos
I’ve had this post in draft for ages as I’ve been editing and sorting photographs for weeks. I focused so many blog posts talking about our big summer trips, I didn’t post all the smaller things we got up to. … Continue reading
My boy is eight
So, my little baby has just turned eight! I am still struggling to come to terms with it. I don’t feel old enough to have an 8-year-old! But he’s delighted about it, so I just need to embrace it and … Continue reading
An Easter walk
I’ve just spent a fun hour sorting out all the many photographs we’ve taken over the past couple of weeks. We had a lovely and very busy Easter, despite the rather gloomy and wet weather, and it’ll take me a … Continue reading
Diary of a Herne Hill mum 