Halloween Half Term 2024! What a blast the last week (and week before for the big kids) has been! We may have got off to a rocky start but we made the most of it hence forth and had so much fun picking pumpkins, having days out, seeing friends and enjoying our time together. My Father in law came and helped Jonny put a shower over our bath, we hosted a fantastic Murder Mystery evening for the grown ups and […]
Michelmas Term 2024 – Part 1! Seems like 2 minutes ago we were going “back to school” from the summer and now we’re already half way throigh the first term. Madness! The big kids obviously broke up a week earlier than Raffie and Jonny (much to their chagrin) but now we are officially on the Halloween Half Term! Florence picked up a prize for her drama at prize giving, got the lead in the school play (Antigone), and has been […]
Dearest Raffie, Now You Are Seven! Dearest Raffie, Our most special seven year old, and seven seems so big yet it feels like only minutes since you crashed into this world, after many hours of trying, out of the sun roof. You were born that Monday morning, after many hours of fighting it, and the world became a much better, much sunnier place as soon as I saw your face. Your face was the one I dreamed about years ago, […]
The Start Of The Autumn/Michelmas Term 2024! I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty bloody pissed off that it’s back to school. I know my kids need an education, and I get that real life has to resume, but this year is the last for me having a pre-schooler. It’s the end of an era and if I could delay that a smidge I’d really rather. Plus, I LOVE having them home. I am allowed to say that, even amongst […]
Summer Hoidays 2024 – Week 6 (and a bit)! I can’t believe the time has disappeared so quickly and the children are back to school tomorrow! We had SUCH a good break, the bug kids have been off for a day shy of 2 months and Raffie just two weeks less than that. It’s been BLOOMING GLORIOUS! We didn’t stop for the last week, kept up the momentum with brilliant days out to the beach with family, trips to Woburn […]
Summer Holidays 2024 – Week 5! How we’ve sped our way through week 5 is anyone’s guess but here we are, with only one more week (and a tiny bit) to go and I’m so perplexed at all the posts from people saying “thank goodness”, and how long it’s been, and how they are champing at the bit to get the kids back to school!? Frankly I’d have then home ALL the time because I love it! It foes feel […]
Summer Holidays 2024 – Week 4! Well, what can I say about week 4! The sun shone, we had a gorgeous little mini break glamping at Wroxham Barns and we just loved seeing friends and having fun. This was a fantastic week which saw us all smile lots (despite getting bitten a LOT from the mosquitos as if we were, in fact, in the Med and not Norfolk after all)! We don’t need the sunshine to have this much fun […]
Glamping at Wroxham Barns 2024! I’ve thought about glamping at Wroxham Barns for the past couple of years. We visit often to see the farm, and I’ve had a look inside the bell tents before and thought what tremendous value they are so it’s always been on my list! Now, finally for 2024, we’ve managed to do it! I paid £130 per night for a bell tent with all the trimmings (it’s £25 for your bedding if you don’t want […]
Camping at Pensthorpe 2024! I’ve long thought camping at Pensthorpe would be a brilliant idea and they’ve finally taken the plunge for summer 2024 with their very own site set up for both tent pitches, and their own glamping bell tents! There are 24 tent pitches (non-electric) and six bell tents which are home to proper beds (a double and three singles) as well as being decorated with fairy lights. If staying in a bell you just need to bring […]
Summer Holidays 2024 – Week 3! Week three, half way through already and that just feels a little unfair because it seems like we’ve only just begun! We’re in the swing of it now and loving every second, even the ones with rain in them! This week we kicked off with some down time after a busy weekend and then hit camping hard at Pensthorpe. Two nights with no electricity and just us to entertain ourselves, and of course the […]
