building community starts with family
Yesterday began as a pretty normal day. The kids got up and got ready for school whilst I breastfed baby Charlie. They ate their breakfast whilst Jeremy made their lunches. In our home lunches do vary a lot from day to day. They can be leftovers or they can be sandwiches but most of the Read More …
It is a special day of the year today. It’s a time to cheer on and celebrate those who are often considered the underdogs of the education world. Yes, it is a day for all those people who fill all those gaps around direct teaching – our all amazing Education Support Professionals. We love you Read More …
This poem is dedicated to all the education support staff that work in our local schools. Your are the grease to the cogs of learning for our children. You develop the look and feel of their learning environment, your help them scaffold their learning and you are there to help pick up the pieces when Read More …
With the safe arrival of ‘Charlie Brown’ Clarke we have really felt blessed. Her safe arrival was not something that we took granted, not by any measure. We have lavished the last three months as we have watched her emerge from her fourth trimester into this amazingly engaged like person loves playing with her hands, Read More …
It’s been a while since Jeremy or I have written. Sometimes I wonder if maybe there’s something wrong because our blog isn’t filled with all the joyful moments, bragging off this amazingly wonderful newborn that has joined our family. And she is truly amazingly wonderful. She is beautiful and brings a smile to my face Read More …
The last month, for me, appears to be somewhat of a blur. It has passed faster than I could have imagined as we prepared for child birth which happened far sooner than expected. For those who are interested in the birth story you can find it below as we formally introduce the latest addition to Read More …
This is a really simple recipe that is designed for our camp kitchen when we travel as a family. It is very scaleable and is designed to be flexible in how it is put together. Our course, it’s simplicity makes it suited to groups of different sizes also. Szechuan Chicken Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Read More …
I hate to say it but everything on the internet about step-parenting is so negative it makes me nauseaus and those that claim to be positive turn out to be doubly charged with selfish attitude. It was really not helpful to anything we ever wanted to achieve for our family. So, here we lay down Read More …
Okay, no in depth details here. We will save them for another time. Here we are just going to give you the highlights to stimulate thought and discussion. Just enough for you to dig deeper online if you wish or ask in relevant groups what others to to achieve each of these key. We hope Read More …
Clothing a family can be expensive. It would certainly be enough for me to feel faint if I had to pay full retail for all of the members of our household. But in reality it is not just the cost that hits the back pocket. It is also the cost of money that can’t be Read More …