We've had a busy few days. One of Lady's summer scheme friends came over on Thursday and another visited on Monday. We had more frie...

Thanks Ann for tagging me. 1. One book that changed your life? Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. I first read this when I was not much older t...

At 6am, Duncan came bounding into our room and jumped into bed beside me, wrapping his skinny wee naked body around me, and squashing a Perc...

Hazel tagged me. 1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED I enjoyed all the John Holt books and Free Range Education (the first book I ev...

Once again, things are looking up around here. Lady and Thomas are outside, bouncing on the trampoline, playing with the guinea pigs, riding...

We bought Lady a game called Harry Potter scene it? for her birthday. It's a board game with a DVD and tests the players' knowledge...

Summer time is drawing to a close. This is Lady's last day at summer scheme and the evenings are fast getting shorter. Like many others,...

We've just had a weekend of birthday celebrations. Lady took some little cakes to summer scheme on Thursday and she had a little birthda...

Happy Birthday!!! How did that happen, one minute she's just been born, eyes wide, looking round, assessing the situation; next minute (...

I had the most fantastic weekend away at my cousin's wedding while Gordon stayed at home with the children. I drove first to my brother...

Last Friday, we went to a playground and met up with another (relatively) local home-educating friend. Lady played with her 4yo daughter, af...

Duncan wets the bed. He can use the toilet independently during the day, but almost every night, I have to change the sheet, often the duvet...

Well after all the nerves, Lady has been loving her summer scheme. She has made friends with some other girls and really enjoys all the acti...

Lady has gone to summer scheme. It's her first day and she was nervous when I dropped her off this morning. She doesn't know anyone ...

A few days ago, I listened to the BBC Radio 4 programme, My Brilliant Baby ; a discussion about hothouse parenting versus benign neglect. On...

We had a great weekend with my brother, sister-in-law and their 2 daughters. It really was as perfect as we could have hoped for. The child...