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…]
I find my first child has been my trial run for everything. We gave her a dummy. Her younger brothers did not have a dummy-that kind of thing. Nothing can prepare you for the mine field that is the school gates though so, I like to think I have learnt something from her and will … [Read more…]
If you have little ones, you know that keeping them active can be difficult at times. This was shown recently when the number of overweight children had risen by a fifth. However, on the flip side to this, you may have a child with too much energy that needs to be focused somewhere. The obvious … [Read more…]
We are in the last days of term at the farm and I think we are all looking forward to a slower pace of life with no school buses or nursery runs. The siblings have got along famously this month. Both boys enjoy greeting their sister off the school bus but the baby usually sleeps … [Read more…]
