(mainly for Melanie ... feel free to skip!) For what it's worth, here is my guide to potty training small girls ... (1) Look for physica...

____________________ 1. The potty training is going well. We made it to Jo Jingles, the supermarket and out for lunch today without any mish...

Cherub dancing for A-next-door ... recorded on his phone, so not great quality, but still cute.

... what we have been doing this week.

I always like to go to Mass on Ash Wednesday, but it simply wasn't possible today. Instead I spent the morning cobbling together a last ...

Background for non-UK readers: From age 14 to 18 - the equivalent of high school in the US - school students in the UK study for a series of...

For Monday 23rd February Outside My Window ... early dawn . I am thinking ... that I wish I hadn't stayed up too late last night read...

Books to Read Pancakes, Pancakes! (Eric Carle) Little Grey Rabbit's Pancake Day (Alison Uttley) Mama Panya's Pancakes (Mary and Ric...

Star and Little Cherub are looking forward to Tuesday. In England the day before Ash Wednesday is known as Shrove Tuesday, or more popularly...

Moving on from my grandfather's mother's family, to my grandfather's father ... my great-grandfather, Thomas Faulkner. The fift...

Me, trying to distract a tired and emotional - but pancake loving - toddler: "Do you know what special day it is next week? ... It'...

These days Little Cherub spends much of her time engrossed in intense pretend play. I thought it would be interesting to jot down a few note...

For Monday 9th February Outside My Window ... still a few small patches of snow on the ground. A pale grey day, threatening rain but warme...

I have been meaning to post this link for a while ... Woodlands Junior School in Kent has developed an amazing Project Britain website over...

____________________ 1. My sole effort for Valentine's Day tomorrow - buying a cute box of heart shaped jelly sweets for Angel to take ...

My reading so far, which has already mutated a bit from the original list. Books I have finished are in blue, books in my current reading pi...

Me to Cherub: How long are your legs? Cherub: Big and a half.

Hawkshead Near Sawrey Pooley Bridge

Ullswater Eskthwaite Water Windermere Ferry across Windermere to Sawrey and Hawkshead

Despite the snow, Tevye and I managed to get away together for a long weekend on our own. We were apprehensive about the journey - would we ...