It’s a few months since I joined in with Ginny’s Yarn Along . A place to share what’s on my needles and the book on my bedside table. It’s this time of year that I give knitting and reading more of my time. In the summer, I just can’t settle […]
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Books and dens
My favourite activities are the ones where the children work as a team and initiate it all by themselves. Den making seems to lend to this enormously. I walked out into an area of the garden to find that two of them had raided my bamboo canes and garden twine. […]
Read moreWelsh books for my bookworms
(llyfrbryfed – welsh for bookworms) It is always fascinating to hear the parts of a book, that my children choose to share with me. They may not tell me the whole story, but they read out the sentences that ring true to them. The bits of text that shout out, […]
Read moreAfter school celebration snack
Candlemas cakes (Pinterest inspiration). Sprouting shoots pushing through the warming earth. Reminds me of the seedling trays each Spring. Full of promise. (Chocolate cake, with chocolate chips for stones. Fondant icing coloured green.) After school, the children had fun decorating the cakes. I love the rainbow sun and the flowers […]
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