A year ago, the children and I were invited to an Easter egg hunt at our nearest National Trust property, Dunham Massey. We had never visited before but within a minute of passing through the doors, I fell completely in love with the place. So much so that I joined the National Trust when we … [Read more…]
At the end of last month’s Siblings post, I said we had lambing preparation and Easter to look forward to and, while lambing has been much the same as other years (apart from visitors), the lives of mine and most other children have been turned upside down in the last month. No school, no swimming … [Read more…]
We have had a lovely month. The weather during half term was dismal but it did not stop our fun one bit. We began the week at Junior Farmers where the children learnt about growing strawberries and planted a strawberry plant each to bring home which was lovely. Definitley something to look forward to in … [Read more…]
When I write a blog post, I always hope it will be popular, that people will read it, enjoy reading it and possibly share it with their friends. However, if there is one thing I have learnt from writing a blog is that I never know if a post will be popular until I’ve sat … [Read more…]
Some people begin making their Christmas cakes as early as October. Indeed, some years I too have soaked the fruit as soon as Halloween is over. I have been debating whether to make one at all this year. I didn’t make one last year because the one in the previous year was awful. I had … [Read more…]
With half term almost over, it is time to think about going back to school and, ever since the first dreaded head lice email we had when my daughter started school, I have been searching for hairstyles to keep hair in one place but still look nice. For all of these factors, you cannot go … [Read more…]
October has been a funny old month for the siblings. School and getting to school has dominated and while the little time they have had together at evenings and weekend has been precious, there just hasn’t been enough of it. We did make the most of what we thought would be the last nice day … [Read more…]
After school is a funny time at the farm. I go and pick one of them up from school at 3pm and the eldest comes back on a bus at 4pm. They are always starving. Finding them something which is tasty, nutritious but will not fill them too much for eating their dinner is a … [Read more…]
Everybody wants their children to have as secure a future as possible. You know that having to worry about money creates a lot of stress. So, naturally, you want to do everything you can to help them to avoid having to live paycheck to paycheck, once they are older. Here are a few approaches for … [Read more…]
Sheep books are life for the children of sheep farmers but there are many children out there who like sheep too so I thought I would share our favourites. Pete the Sheep by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley is set in Australia and is the tale of Sean the shearer who, instead of … [Read more…]
