We’re off to Rome tomorrow morning. We fly at 6.20am so we’ll stay in the airport hotel tonight. My Dad will be staying here and looking aft...

I had a big panic on Monday about Lady’s maths abilities and convinced myself that I’ve been failing her because she wasn’t able to do somet...

This is what I have sent to our education board to demonstrate how I intend to educate Duncan at home. I've had to make it suitable for ...

I took Lady to her Ju-Jitsu class on Saturday then spent the time pootling about the town alone- bliss! I trawled the charity shops (not hav...

Today started off a whole lot better than yesterday. I even had my breakfast brought up to me in bed. Today was a holiday so Gordon was at h...

I’ve had a blog break for a few days. I have just been slammed here and by the time I get the children to bed, I’ve been exhausted. I can’t ...

We’ve got head lice, this has never happened here before. Thomas is the main victim. I discovered them when I was combing his hair after the...

At 11.30 yesterday I suddenly remembered that Duncan had an appointment with the clinical psychologist at 1.30. The paediatrician we saw las...

My sister stayed over with us on Monday night. I was telling her about how great Duncan has been since he finished school for good, and righ...

Yesterday it was ten years since the day my mother died of cancer. My aunt invited everyone to her house to gather, have a meal and remember...

We’re having one good day after another with all the children and especially Duncan. Gordon was asking me a few days ago if I could pin-poin...

The boys came in for their morning cuddle, and as usual Thomas greeted me with, ‘good morning Mummy’. He then told me about his dream- he wa...

Today started with the familiar sound of Duncan running from his room to ours. He jumped in beside me and snuggled up, to be joined a few mo...

We had a few flurries of snow and hail today. Duncan was very excited by it and really wanted a closer look, ‘snow and ice, Ice Age!’. So th...

I was reading all sorts of stuff over the weekend trying to get ideas on how to help him grow and learn. I’ve read some fantastic blog entri...

Well there you have it. Gordon wanted me to try to get Duncan back to school today. So at 7.20, I woke him and asked him what he wanted for ...