Another day, another dressing up opportunity! Sometimes the idea of Halloween doesn't sit comfortably with me, I didn't use to like people we didn't know knocking on our door expecting sweets. Now the boys are a bit older they love Halloween. They get to dress up, do fun things like carve pumpkins and eat sweets. And the crafty side of... Read more →

Last Monday we headed to Corfe Castle, a favourite place for the boys. The weather was simply glorious, beautiful blue skies and no wind. It was 12 degrees C but truly it didn't feel that cold, which meant that the numerous layers of clothes we had come dressed in were soon peeled off. The National Trust had set up a... Read more →

... dressed up as a Knight and a King. You Callum were the first one to dress up, you've still got your PJ top on underneath the tunic. You've both been playing Zelda with Daddy on the old Nintendo 64 and that has spurred you think about knights and swords. Matthew you decided that you too wanted to dress up... Read more →

If you are a regular here you'll know that lego is big in this house. What you might not know is that Matthew's Home Learning often features a lego model or two per topic each half-term. This half-term the topic is 'Changing Verwood' - how our town has changed over the years. Now, add a boy with a love of... Read more →

I never thought at the beginning of the holiday I would be wishing for more time home with the boys but I am. This summer holiday has flown by, probably due to having two weeks away at either end of the holiday. So here I am in the house alone, in silence apart from the tapping of my fingers on... Read more →

Doesn't look very much like August does it? Fortunately it was milder than it looks and the boys really didn't seem to mind, they were happy to dig in the sand with their friends. I was happy to sit and watch them and chat to my friend Jo. {I should probably clarify that I have several friends called Jo, that... Read more →

Tonight I am feeling content. I took my sewing machine over to my parents house today and made a camouflage interior for the treehouse. It's got camouflage panels on the two sides and black netting on the back and front. Callum now wants me to make him a camouflage costume "like the ones they wear in the battle of Endor"... Read more →

WINDSCREENS - the saga of my Beetles dodgy windscreen wipers, a new wiper motor and an unexpected cracked windscreen (the windscreen has now been replaced by the garage under their insurance). WET DAY - We were supposed to go to the beach with friends on Tusday, but it rained and as my car was still away at the garage we... Read more →

Last week we holidayed in Cornwall sharing a cottage near Looe with Jeff's parents and brother, as we had done in 2009. We had a lovely time despite the almost daily drizzle, even more drizzle than the year before. We visited... Looe in the drizzle on the Sunday - Banjo Pier and looking at the huge tractor in the Lifeboat... Read more →

This year Jeff came up with the idea of going to Corfe Castle for Fathers Day. We'd been to Corfe on several occasions but hadn't actually taken the boys into the castle grounds itself. Matthew went last year on his school trip and Callum will get to go next year at school, but this year we went as a family.... Read more →