Lockdown 3.0 – Week 1
Throughout the first lockdown, I wrote a weekly diary – in part to remember what a crazy time it was …
Family Life
Back to school, new school and more school!
It has become something of a tradition over the years that the first thing I sit down to write once …
Our Family – August 2020
What a month August has been. It has been a month of ups and downs, of uncertainty and of managing …
Smartphone rules for tweens
This Thursday, Ben will turn 11 and finally get his hands on his very own mobile phone. A moment he …
Lockdown Week 12 – And a sense of normality
Over the course of the last week things have felt decidedly more “normal” – probably a combination of us settling …
Lockdown Week 11 – Back to school
After 10 weeks at home, Week 11 saw two of our gang return to school. Ben is in Year 6 …
Lockdown Week 10 – A Sunny May Half Term
So I skipped my week 9 diary because when it came to sitting down to write it, I honestly just …