Albert Einstein once said: “If you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will its life believing its stupid.” Never a truer word spoken in my view and precisley what is wrong with school education in the UK right now. The government, specifically the Department for Education, cross-hairs and trained firmly […]
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My Delicious (Un)Authentic Italin Meatballs
It’s fair to say that my meatballs are a family favourite because everyone of us loves them. I know, I’m blowing that trumpet of mine again here but they really are delicious – and so easy to make. Before I give you the “recipe” you have to understand I’ve been making these for a long […]
Running Diary 2018 – Week 4
Distance this week: 10.0km Number of runs this week: 2 Distance to goal: 1960.1km Well I ran, that’s the main thing! Monday morning and I was out early and ready to start the week with a good run. Except this was where it all went a bit wrong for the week really. You see, my left […]
My Top 10 School Disco Songs
Every Saturday morning I have Magic blasting out from the DAB radio in the kitchen whilst I get on with jobs around the house. At 9am each week is 30 minutes of school disco classics. It brings back so many memories for me and one I always remembers is being allowed to take in a […]
She Lost 3 Teeth In A Week!
Losing teeth is a right of passage through childhood and with having four girls we’ve gone through hour fair share of teeth loss and tooth fairy visits. But this week that tooth fairy is going to be getting a little fed up of visiting us! V has lost 3 teeth in 4 days! On Monday […]
A Simple, Delicious Risotto
Last weekend we went, along with lots of dancers and other parents, to Figaro’s Italian restaurant in Pickering for a little panto dancers party between shows. We had all pre-ordered so that food would be served soon after had arrived and settled into our seats to ensure a fast turn around for those going back […]
Would You Send Your 9 Year Old Away for 2 Weeks?
You may have realised, if you have read a few of my blog posts, that our four girls all dance – a lot. Our 3rd daughter D, she’s 9, is really into it and her current goal is to travel the world singing and dancing on cruise ships. No doubt this goal is heavily influenced […]
What I Wish My Dad Had Told Me
Six years ago I wrote a guest blog post for the Larger Family Life blog and I was reminded of this fact via the handy Facebook memories notification this morning. I read the post back and realised that sometimes I’m not following my own advice! For the most part I do, but we all fail […]
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – A Panto Review
Before I begin with my review of this pantomime I feel it my duty to let you, the reader, know that I have a much biased opinion on this production. You see, two of our daughters were in the junior dancers and we’ve been on the panto journey since October! I do enjoy a good […]
Running Diary 2018 – Week 3
Distance this week: 18.8km Number of runs this week: 4 Distance to goal: 1970.1km A better week than last week – I actually ran! The week started with a short evening run with both dogs. Dottie is retired from running but I took her to make sure I didn’t go too fast as I hadn’t run […]