Did you know that B &Q have free woodworking classes? The boys made bird boxes at the weekend with proper power tools. They were both pretty proud of themselves. I’ve taken to eating my porridge with a sprinkling of cinnamon (and a lot of brown sugar). Very daring of me, don’t you think!

dress in everything you own, play in snow ’til you can’t feel your fingers and toes, take off everything you own, drape wet clothes on every radiator in the house, dry Betty, eat and drink until thoroughly thawed out. Repeat.  

Tony came home with tulips. How romantic I thought. And then he said ‘I only got them because they were reduced to 60p’ thanks love.

          One of these days I’m going to follow the sun round the house too.

Henry (despite being too old for picture books) has spent the last few evenings blowing bubbles. The bigger the better. So today I made him a pot of bubble mixture and a big wand- blower thingy. Here’s the recipe: 1 cup water 2 tablespoons washing up liquid 1 tablespoon glycerin 1 teaspoon sugar  

Saturday morning finds Henry and me queueing to see the fabulous Oliver Jeffers, our favourite children’s author and illustrator. Oliver was just wonderful and draws a picture in every single book he signs. Henry asked for a penguin but Oliver wanted to draw a moose so to keep everyone happy he drew this: Henry says […]

Those long three days and nights looking after Henry have left me feeling tired and behind. And yet, I would have bustled my way through those days and still had a long  ‘to do’ list today. I wonder… how much of what we busy ourselves with is really important?  

This week I made myself a really nice make up bag using Tilda’s pattern from ‘Sew Pretty Home Style’. The fabric is a voile remnant from Ray Stitch, the pink lining is an old tablecloth and I found the lovely zip at Quilters Dream. In other news: :: I’ve had fun with Ali’s Compound Word […]

Henry had a pyjama day on Friday and so did I because I had to look after him. And yes, that is my excuse and I’m sticking to it. We did manage to bake some chocolate chip cookies though. They were good but not for dunking.