Category: Day by Day

  New Year’s Eve. Family prayer time spent thanking God for many ways he has blessed us over the year. We watched a slide show of photos of the year ( my IT skills very slowly improving). Then put stones in a jar as we said our thank yous. A jar overflowing. Our hearts overflowing.… Continue reading 31 December 2017

The anticipation and excitement of the night before Christmas seems a while ago. For as long as I can remember I’ve taken the children swimming on Christmas Eve; a great way of releasing excess exuberance. Then a few more preparations after lunch, maybe a film, sometimes friends over for tea followed by the Candlelight service… Continue reading 30 December 2017

Two days till Christmas! We had family and friends calling in throughout the day, but in between the children worked at some of the pre Christmas tasks we’d allocated to them. So, Rhythm Dude and I set to make the sausage and bacon rolls and stuffing while Lanky Dude iced and decorated the cake. He does… Continue reading 23 December 2017

Like much of the country we had snow last week end. It didn’t really settle here but we went up onto the hills and had fun tobogganing, having snow ball fights and making a snowman. The world looked so beautiful. Making quantities of mince pies is another annual tradition. The boys used to “help” when… Continue reading 18 December 2017

First day of the holidays! Absolute bliss. Lanky Dude finished yesterday, as did Rhythm Dude, so girls did too. I took girls to Mc Donald’s to celebrate the end of term in between dropping Rhythm Dude off at college and collecting Lanky Dude. Last ballet of term (parents able to watch...Sparkly Eyes does lots of… Continue reading 15 December 2017

Here are some pictures of our Christmas tree. We went last week to choose it and cut it down. The man who owns the land always has stories to tell from his fascinating life; he has a lucky dip for all the children, a fire to warm up around, and mulled wine for the adults… Continue reading 12 December 2017

There has been rising excitement and anticipation in our household; for the girls this is for Christmas, and for the boys, the return of “Grand Tour” the Top Gear Trio’s newish series on Amazon Prime! I love to drop our routine during Advent and just read, make, bake and play....but one of the children especially… Continue reading 8 December 2017

I’m always aware that the build up to Christmas bears more resemblance to hurtling headfirst down a helter skelter, than the peaceful preparation of my heart to welcome the entrance into this world by the Creator of it. Each year I try to do things differently and fail, but this year, as a family, we… Continue reading 5 December 2017

We are starting to wind down, or is it wind up to Christmas? I took the children to McDonalds last week, and my coffee cup came emblazoned with reindeers smiling up at me. I’ve unearthed my Christmas folder (sounds horribly organised but I’ve found it works better than endless pieces of paper which I then… Continue reading 24 November 2017