Last week we went to Warwick Castle. This was our third visit but actually only the first time we'd gone in the castle itself. In...

Manners.... I need to get it off my chest. Are they even important?  Do people actively teach their children 'manners' any more? ...

Howdy! It's been ages since I've updated this blog for a few reasons - firstly a 3 month virus wiped me off my feet. Combining that...

I'm always trying to maximise every opportunity for Barnaby to write. He doesn't love writing much so usually it's either a mean...

Every year I find myself saying to kids 'don't worry if they don't go your way. It's not the end of the world' - an...

Barnaby attended a sculpture session where he spent a couple of hours bashing,  carving, sawing and sanding some thermalite block into a ga...

This blog post is something that I need to address as it's probably the second most popular question I get asked after the 's...

Well this week has flown by.  Firstly things are really sinking in with French. I wasn't sure how well he was getting on with it but w...

This morning started abruptly at 6am.  I say abruptly,  I'm used to getting up at that time but Barnaby always takes a few days to ...

Over breakfast we begun a discussion about poo. Specifically, food, digestive systems -and the problems with mine- and how poo is mad...