After a hiatus in June (for obvious reasons!) I am ready to pick up my Monthly Medley again. For July I have decided to share some ideas for...

Yes, I confess ... I was mopping the floor only three weeks after a c-section. Worse still, I was down on the floor scrubbing. I know, I kno...

"No", says Star ... wearing a winter fleece on a day with temperatures well up into the 80s. "Wouldn't you feel more comf...

Thanks to recommendations on the 4 Real Learning board I discovered the Motivated Moms Planner . I have tried Fly Lady before - more than on...

'Tis the season to be planning Tra-la-la-la-laa, la-la-la-laa ... I had managed to do most of my curriculum planning for our next school...

Andrew Campbell's new book The Latin-Centered Curriculum has recently been creating a stir around the blogs and message boards I read. ...

If that doesn't beat all! The remote button on the key for our new car has an unintended secondary effect. It rings our neighbours' ...

A few days before Little Cherub was born our car went one fault too far ... a pool of water in the passenger footwell storage compartment fo...

I make no apologies for being more than a little baby obsessed, and could not resist sharing a few tidbits of baby trivia. * There is nothin...

Just for fun, here is one for Little Cherub ... I am from my mother's milk, from sleepy eyelids and soft, downy hair. I am from the bric...

Inspired by Rebecca at A Gypsy Caravan I couldn't resist making an attempt at one of these poems ... I am from open coal fires, from Ma...

by Little Cherub ... 1. I like milk. Lots. 2. There really is milk on tap whenever I want it. 3. It is not necessary to scream hysterica...

... of Naomi with Jolly Tall (as named by Star who likes Jane Hissey's Old Bear books).

The full story ... On Thursday morning I had a routine 38 week ante-natal check with the community midwife. Naomi's heartrate was fast,...

Our beautiful new daughter Naomi Rose was born at 12.48pm on Thursday 8th June by emergency caesarian section, weighing 5lbs 7½oz. Although ...

Star played in her first ever brass band concert at the weekend. The junior band made a guest appearance as part of a programme the senior b...

... is sitting down to write a blog post only to find that Blogger is down ... then finding that when it is back in working order you have f...

Grandma and I have been doing more knitting for Little Cherub. My mother made the little yellow jacket in 4-ply - nice and light for summer....

Angel and G had an urge to bake yesterday and decided on chocolate truffles. Unfortunately the only things they could find to put them in we...