From the mouths of babes... (Playing Hide and Seek. Again.) Tori: I'm going to go hide in my bed. You count and then come and find me. * (We arrive at school at lunchtime. There are several other mum's waiting to go and pick up their kids. Tori is the only child waiting to go… Continue reading Quotes of the Week
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Poetry
It was MD Writer's Club last night and in a change from our usual programme we had a guest speaker in. Brenda Read-Brown is a writer, primarily a performance poet and it was brilliant to listen to her - I forget how much I love watching performance poets because they challenge me to think often… Continue reading Poetry
Quotes of the Week
Tori: {Looking at the nails sat on the half-constructed cupboard} Caius, what are all these pine needles for? * {Playing hide and seek. Tori is hiding, Mummy is seeking} Mummy: {not moving} Is Tori behind the sofa? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she under the table? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she on the bookshelf? Tori: No!… Continue reading Quotes of the Week
Off On a Treasure Hunt
It's a beautiful day today - perfect Autumn picture with bright sunshine, blue skies, chilly wind and a bite to the air. With it being half-term we wanted to give the Smalls a treat and suddenly remembered that English Folkfan had set them a challenge: So a Treasure Hunt around town it was. On went… Continue reading Off On a Treasure Hunt
Discovering Autumn
Last Autumn Arthur was only a few months old and not really up to exploring and due to our family situation Tori didn't have as many opportunities to explore the wonder of the changing seasons as I'd have liked. This year I want to do my best to make up for that. Tori gets a… Continue reading Discovering Autumn

