Category: Day by Day

  It was Rhythm Dude’s birthday last week. We always start birthdays all together in our bedroom, opening cards and presents. More challenging this year as Lanky Dude had an early bus to catch, but we managed it. I took all four children to McDonald’s for lunch, and then we had about ten teenage boys… Continue reading 13 March 2018

The snow came last week, to the great delight of the children. All schools were closed (though Lanky Dude caught the bus into college one morning only to be sent home after an hour), so the youngsters of our small town were out in force, making the most of the snowy hills. The girls and… Continue reading 6 March 2018

  We’ve had some beautifully sunny, days, where the crispness of the blue sky has only been matched by the crispness of the biting wind. Invigorating, though! On one of these days we took a wander in our neighbour’s paddock, to see some very new lambs...some only a day old. They really are adorable; I… Continue reading 27 February 2018

Half term has ended. I usually want holidays to last for longer, and reluctantly re-start our term time routines. This time, however, due to the ferocity and consuming nature of the storm which is surrounding us, a part of me was glad to find comfort and reassurance in our normal weekly rhythms. We did, however,… Continue reading 19 February 2018

We’ve made it to half term. What with illness, and the fierce storm which has blown up around us, it does feel like we have limped, rather than walked. But, it’s good to have some down time at home, seeing friends, getting some of the mundane jobs done which I save for the holidays, and… Continue reading 14 February 2018

There are small signs of new life appearing if I slow down to look. Snowdrops are now in abundance, and we’ve enjoyed seeing baby lambs, all soft and white compared with their tired looking mums. A friend brought me some daffodils, which are just beginning to unfurl their petals to the world. And our hens’… Continue reading 5 February 2018

The rain has continued seemingly unabated, and the coughs and colds morphed into flu. So, not much to report, other than our attempts to keep going with some sort of learning for whoever wasn’t too unwell at the time. Lanky Dude continued to go into college, but eventually succumbed with a high temperature and stayed… Continue reading 22 January 2018

Coughs, colds and sore throats are working their way through our family. And we’ve had grey skies and an abundance of rain. The girls and I did get out into our back garden and start clearing and digging, much to the delight of the chickens; on hand to scoop up any worms uncovered. We are… Continue reading 15 January 2018

A week into 2018. We tend to celebrate the full twelve days of Christmas, and then gradually slip back into our regular home-school routines. However, with Lanky Dude at college now, we were all jolted back rather abruptly into a new term! However, we did still have a somewhat “staged return” at home, and only… Continue reading 8 January 2018