We try to mark each occasion that comes along, talk about what it is meant to represent and then do some fun activity to celebrate it in some way. So for St Patricks day after our talk, we made some rainbowed cakes... this was a very messy, long and fun(ny) activity. With a very tasty … Continue reading St Patricks Day
So today, I don't really have a photo of what we got up to... because no one wants a photo of my muddy feet... We spent some time with our feet in mud, feeling connected. However, I can say that we also bought and built a climbing dome, which is going to not only be … Continue reading 30 Days Wild: Day 5
On our little adventures, we have ended up at Brinton Park in Kidderminster. It's located just off centre in Kidderminster and as such would be walk-able (under a mile) from the train, or bus, station and is a fun place to meet friends for a picnic and walk. There's a vast green parkland area and … Continue reading Review: Brinton Park
The week leading up to our house purchase completion, I had booked me and the children a caravan at a Haven park, Devon Cliffs in Exmouth. I have been to this park many times since I was a child and watched the changes it has undergone, and in all honesty, I am not really a … Continue reading Review: Haven Devon Cliffs, Platinum Caravan
So, this is being done retrospectively - as I have said things have been very chaotic at home, but I haven't forgotten my promise here... so trying to go from the beginning of the year. We, having booked for Christmas and knowing the children's Christmas issues, booked a revisit for January. We booked a St … Continue reading Review: Bluestone revisited Jan 18
So, today... me and the two children woke up feeling sorry for ourselves (sneezy and sluggish). So it's been a bit of a slow starter. But we made some effort to clean and dress... and then after lunch took a stroll into town via the ducks and geese armed with birdseed. Very proud that the … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 4
Day 3 was spent sorting the garden again. Soon their playhouse will be able to go up, the play area will be sorted and then we can get down to business on the outdoor kitchen and fire pit area before building our veg patch area for next year. Cannot see much past the huge comfier … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 3
NB, This was also written before my laptop broke so posting retrospectively Breakthroughs, transitions, ups and downs... busy chaos. Pleasant and shifting. Time consuming and exhausting. But sometimes, glimmers of the things that could be closer to the "normal" we dream of, and hope for. Our life goes like this at times, we just have … Continue reading Can I not just divide myself into several persons?
So, one of the children has struggled with sleep from the outset, one of them has issues every now and again. And as they are both children who feel extra vulnerable at night time, due to the way their history has played out, they both find it extra hard to seek the help they need … Continue reading Why won’t you just sleep? Please!!!!
So 2017. What have you added to our Pleasant Chaos? Well Stress Destruction Intimidation Ill health Death Loss Battles - copious physcially exhausting, and mentally draining battles Personal challenges You brought your A game to topple us, but Life, my old chum, you should know by now that I am tough. I am fierce. I … Continue reading 2017: Reflections
A Pleasant Chaos 