It’s weeks since my last blog post – but I’m not going to apologise… Since my last post, I’ve been swept up in a new level of busy – even for me – including Matt’s 40th birthday, a ridiculous number … Continue reading
Our family Christmas
Category Archives: Family time
Sophie’s 5th birthday
I’m in trouble with my family for not sharing pictures of Sophie’s recent 5th birthday and generally getting behind with the blog again! And so…the big catch up begins… Sophie was indeed five a couple of weeks ago. I’m still … Continue reading
Salute to the 40s at Chatham Historic Dockyard
We’re big fans of Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent and were excited to be invited to visit again during their special ‘Salute to the 1940s‘ theme weekend. As Matt was away for the weekend, I invited our next door neighbour … Continue reading
Four generations, one house [Staycation 2017]
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, the entire purpose of our 2017 staycation was to join my family for a week long celebration. My parents both turned 65 this year, and so four generations of our family gathered … Continue reading
Family fun in the Borders [Staycation 2017]
After our week long journey to Scotland, we made it to our home for the second week of our summer holiday – an enormous rural house in the Borders which we were to share with four generations of my family! … Continue reading
My boy is seven
It’s been a big week for Family Agar, with my mum turning 65, my father-in-law turning 80, my 9th wedding anniversary, and of course, Alex’s 7th birthday! Phew. What a lot of cake! Alex had a wonderful seventh birthday, celebrating … Continue reading
Starting school
I’m interrupting the current holiday recap blog posts to bring you some photos from this monumental day. I am now the mother of two school children! Sophie has started school! It is crazy to me that both my children are … Continue reading
A family picnic at Emmetts Garden
Blogging service has been disrupted by some completely crazy weeks of work as we ran a major conference alongside our normal, busy consulting load. The last month for me has been entirely Pickle Jar and parenting! But since the conference … Continue reading
We are family
This morning we woke to the details of yet another hideous terrorist attack in my beloved city. I’d stayed up far too late last night watching it unfold alarmingly close to home, hearing sirens blaring from the city. London Bridge … Continue reading
March in pictures
Before I get on with sorting out the hundreds of photographs we’ve taken on our Easter holidays, I wanted to share a few snaps of what else we’ve been getting up to recently. It’s felt like a pretty low key … Continue reading
A beautiful afternoon in Belair Park
It’s been a lovely, quiet Saturday here in Herne Hill – just what we needed after a fairly hectic fortnight. The children are tiring as half term approaches, so we kept things local. We started our weekend with the usual … Continue reading
January in pictures
Just looking back on the first month of 2017. It’s gone by so quickly and, to be honest, at times felt pretty dominated by depressing world events. But we’ve still managed to squeeze in some fun family time. We’ve generally … Continue reading
No stopping her now
Another milestone is ticked off! Sophie has mastered the pedal bike at last! While Sophie is generally really confident physically, and happy to climb trees, somersault in the pool and scoot like a maniac, she’s never shown much interest in … Continue reading
Our peaceful 2016 Christmas
I’m curled up on the sofa next to the warm fire, with a movie on for the kids and a glass of wine, clinging on to the final few days of the Christmas break. We’re thoroughly enjoying the holiday time … Continue reading
Our London Autumn
Back in September, I shared a list of fun, family things I hoped to do in and around London this Autumn to help us cope with the darkening days and the colder weather. And now we’re most definitely into Winter, … Continue reading
Diary of a Herne Hill mum 