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This half term feels a little like biding time as we are only back for a few weeks and then it is Easter (and France).  Weeke biding the time is a little more stressful than I thought!  We have World…
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We were dying for the holidays to arrive and just about managing to get through the week before we broke up!  The holidays were so busy as Andrew was off so we always do more (Seth always says his Dad…
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The other day we were looking through these pages and having a laugh about the posts.  The kids all wanted to read about their birthdays and for a few seconds I had held my breath with fear as we searched…
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Elizabeth turned 7 on the 8th January and I had little palpitations that my little girl is getting a little bigger.  Elizabeth is amazing!  As a Mam she has helped me reach new levels of emotion…sometimes opposite emotions within the…
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Wow, I didn’t realise just how much time had passed between posts.  The kids (Seth, Rebekah and Hannah) are sick and so can’t go to church.  Since they are ill they are also laid on the settee watching movies and…
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Tomorrow Rebekah will be getting her brace.  She has waited ages for this to happen with much anticipation…then she had the actual appointment and now is not so anticipated!  They told her it will be uncomfortable for a few days…other…
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Today I felt like a proper Mam…the hoover wouldn’t suck up anymore and I fixed it!  I don’t really know why, out of the many things I have done today, this has made me feel mightily successful and like what…
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It feels as if the only time I ever write is when the holidays are here.  This is probably because the time is not as regimented as during term time.  We needed this holiday…and we needed the extra hour…and we…
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As a family we have had a week of success.  They have been personal successes and the atmosphere in the house has been good and we have been happy, which is a success in itself.  If we measured our success…
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We all knew September would come!  It always does and the hurry of going back to school happens again and again and again.  The only difference is that the end of each school holiday brings with it a new school…
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