Category: Kids
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Getting ready for Christmas
Today begins the getting-readiness for Christmas. Everyone’s home now, off school, and work has finished for the year. The turkey has arrived from Daylesford. The presents have all arrived from Myriad. My Alsace Muscat has arrived from Berry Bros. Abel and Cole delivers the vegetables today. Cut flowers have been bought and arranged. I’ve found…
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The girls’ Christmas
1) Ostheimer big oak tree 2) Ostheimer Rabbit 3) Ostheimer brown horse 4) Ostheimer yellow hurdle 5) Ostheimer white horse 6) Child’s wooden trug 7) Small Work Gloves 8) Caldene Riding hat 9) Child’s Jodphur boots Now we’re leaving the Steiner School and moving to the country, I was thinking, oh great, I’m going to…
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The Family Annual 2011
The last time I did the family albums was the day Edith was born, back in 2009. As I slowly get back into things one of the first things on my list was to catch up on these. The ever-important family heirlooms; I remember my first attempt at a family album I was outside in…
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A day out at Rachel’s
Yesterday we drove up to Oxfordshire to see Rachel and Sherry and the boys. Sherry was over from New Zealand and I have only seen Rachel a couple of times since I’ve been in the UK. We brought up a box full of St John doughnuts for dessert. The kids LOVED them! And so did…
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Surprise visit to Maltby Street Market
Yesterday I got a tweet from Erin saying she’s in London and did we want to meet. Well, yes of course we did, so I quickly thought of the best place to meet because we were going up to Oxfordshire for lunch and we’d only have an hour and a half or so for coffee…
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Playing dress up
On the weekends you’ll know by now that we go to Melrose and Morgan first thing each morning. Last week the girls wanted fancy meringues. Being on our current slightly tight budget we opted to buy one plain meringue, take it home and dress it up. Another of our weekend excursions is to the Newington…
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Menerbes
In July we went away to France. We’d booked it back in January. We were in paradise. Beautiful pool. Divine interior. Walled garden. Happy children. Parents who could relax. Ah. Le Sigh.
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Daylesford
Last weekend we went to the most wonderful Honeysuckle Cottage at Daylesford Organic Farm in the Cotswolds. It was so perfect and so idyllic we’re going back on Monday to look at the local school and a house in a nearby village. Wish us luck.
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Fun Spring days
This cake just wouldn’t photograph colour-wise. I love the composition though Sorry! I couldn’t bear that photo and had to swap it out. I spent all last week baking and cooking for a digital magazine article that’s due now. Time to finish everything and send it over! Beautiful day in London today. Today I will…
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Easter long London weekend happiness
Look! An Easter tree. We found the perfect branch on the Heath and carried it home and we didn’t blow the eggs. Instead I found a little box of 12 for £3 at Heals which must have been a mistake so I bought them and they assured me that was the right price so we…
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Little presents for little girlies
It’s Franklin birthday season from late December to early March. Well, late March if you count Mum, which I suppose one should. Just because she’s no longer on this earthly plane doesn’t change her birthday. And if you count Kevin, birthdays run from late December to early June. Which really does change the whole Franklin…
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Baking birthday cake. And tidy type.
It was my birthday on Monday, and in our house blueberry and chocolate cake is called birthday cake. To make it even more special we sprinkled it with sugar and pretty edible petals from Steenbergs. Using my usual cake recipe but with blueberries. I promise this week to try some new recipes!! We took Monday…