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  • School. Run.

    School. Run.

  • Hats off

    Hats off

    It’s half term guys…almost Summer…last weekend was a scorcher, so much so that I scored a sun hat for £1 from a charity stall at a local fair as I was in danger of becoming a burnt offering to the sun god(s). Scroll fwd to today, rain, cold, dank. I needed a spritz of summer.…

  • Of berries and brothers

    Today had the real feeling of the last day of summer. We spent it outside eating a long lazy lunch with lots of children running around screaming being neither Long or lazy. I baked all morning and made, amongst other things, a pie with homegrown apples and blackberries. I used self raising flour to make…

  • Spot on

    We went to a completely lunatic birthday party yesterday – 30 children running riot in a wood armed with nerf guns. It was brilliant. Elder and i were particularly taken by the bullets with Velcro on the tips – Stingers or scratchers or something. Anyway, come to this morning, we decided to make our own.…

  • Wow, it’s hot

    The UK is sweltering. It’s lovely. We spent yesterday afternoon in a paddling pool. Well it felt like it. Little One stood unaided – yay! elder dressed as a cat. Other Half talked boats. And I just enjoyed being. I don’t often get the chance. The boys were brilliant. Our friends’ BBQ superb. Frankly, after…