I don't understand why, as adults, it is so hard for people to get their heads around us not sitting down to scheduled formal learning. Our children are not at school for a reason. Well, many actually. But the pressure of expectations is definitely one of them. Formal learning scenarios imply an expectation. An expectation where … Continue reading What do you mean you don’t do formal learning?
Well it's been a long day... I didn't manage to get a photo of the 30 Days Wild activities in action... yes like most days at the moment we have been working in the garden. Desperately clearing the ground to try and ready it for the children's play area section. I'm ignoring the end 10 foot … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 8
Today we built a bee home, we didn't put it up yet, but we definitely built it. We were given it by one of the grandparents who'd been given it free with something ages ago, and just hadn't got a clue where we could put it (being in rentals, and not being able to make … Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Day 6
Well. 2 years of fighting. Lots of energy wasted on professionals sending us around in loops. Lots of damage added by not having the correct support in place and we finally got funding approved. Intervention offered: Intensive family therapy. It was approved at the end of February, we had the whole course of therapy approved … Continue reading Adoption Support Fund and Therapy
I know it's over with, but as I say, I am trying to catch up with what we've been up to. So this year, I felt that I should mention Mother's Day. In previous year mentioning it would have been only to moan about how much I do and how it's just one day out … Continue reading A Mother’s Day out…
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
I said we had problems with our agency. And that if they didn't want to resolve the issues I'd be leaving. Well... a little update on that covered in a few points below: I reported them to the Property Ombudsman, not sure how much I can disclose about it, but they have my records, and … Continue reading So…. um… yeah, I made it happen!!!
So. Caitlin was given a wheelchair just before Christmas, which was a massive relief because, frankly, I just can't keep lugging her around in a toddler carrier - she's not heavy as such, but she's getting long and so it is very awkward. And, in all honesty, it's kinda sad for her, she's very independent … Continue reading Labels and things
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?
A Pleasant Chaos 