Last Saturday night Gary and I were attending a close friend's 40th birthday. There were lots (and lots) of people and usually I would find every excuse possible not to go. This friend however knows my propensity to opt out of large gatherings and made me promise I'd go. So I did 🙂 Whilst we…
Category: Precious Moments
Holiday in Northern Ireland
Welcome to my precious moments post, a few weeks too late but nevertheless here now 🙂 I am struggling so much to find the time to do everything I need to do. I understand now why home school bloggers of older children tend to write fewer posts. Even though my three older ones are to…
Precious Moments
Well, if last week we were all on fire, this week there has barely been a spark! I was beginning to fall apart at the seams due to a lack of a space to call my own (ie a bedroom) and a general lack of organisation in our little home school. I am atrocious at…
Precious Moments: Catching Up the Last Couple of Weeks
I am trying to scrape my way back from a forced hiatus from blogging. What with exams, various kids holiday clubs/holidays away and all the building work we have had over the past few weeks, blogging has come to an almost halt. Although we are still without a bathroom and therefore any washing facilities (thank…
Precious Moments
Well, we are getting there slowly. Next week heralds the last of the exams and it can't come soon enough for me. The older children are working hard with Thomas doing one past paper each day and the girls doing at least two, sometimes more. Thomas has had more time in between his Chemistry Paper…
Precious Moments {20th May – 27th May}
This week has, yet again, been all about the children's IGCSEs. Thomas has been taking a past paper each day, and apart from yesterday's paper has been scoring highly. He doesn't seem as worried now as he was for his first chemistry exam. The twins have been doing a 2 hour 15 minute English paper…
Precious Moments {13th – 19th May}
Another very quick post. This week has been ALL about Thomas and his chemistry exam. He managed to sit every single past paper before his exam on Thursday. He honestly could not have been more prepared or worked any harder than he did. We took both him and his friend, Sophie, to the exam yesterday…
Precious Moments {29th April- 5th May}
I am very time poor at the moment, what with working alongside the littles and working with Thomas on his chemistry for hours each day. It's paid off though because he is definitely starting to find the past papers a little easier. We were blessed by his physics teacher coming round and helping him with…
Precious Moments {21 April – 28 April}
Gary had planned all week to move the logs from the side of the garden to the back of the garden, so we can create some flower beds. So in this quest, he spent Saturday morning laying some paving stones next to the teen nook for the log shed to sit on. The littles had a…
Precious Moments {15th April-21st April}
You know when you get to the end of the week tired but incredibly happy with life? That is this week for me. The whole week has been full of goodness. It was lovely to have a two week break, but as usual we are all much more content when we are profitably occupied, and this…
Precious Moments {8th April to 14th April}
This has been such a fantastic Easter holiday week! I am liking this whole taking a break thing, and the children are loving getting together with their friends. I am completely ready for next term having spent days at the computer. (Note to self: next time plan to work just mornings and take afternoons off…
Precious Moments {1st April – 7th April}
It has been a glorious week this week seeing friends and enjoying the very definite spring-time weather...just lovely! We had friends over from Northern Ireland just for the weekend but we squeezed lots in and were exhausted by Sunday 🙂 Danielle took all the older girls up to London to see the sights: The trip…
Precious Moments {25th March- 31st March}
This is a very quick precious moments post this week as we have been preparing for some of our Northern Irish friends to come and stay with us, which has meant that I completely forgot to take photos of all the school work we didn't do 😉 It sounds like we did nothing, but that…
Precious Moments {18th – 24th March}
Another great week has come and gone. The three older children are preparing to take their exams, Thomas (Chemistry IGCSE) in May and the girls (English Language IGCSE) in June. All three are going through past papers and are using SAM Learning for revision purposes. The rest of our school work is taking a bit…
Precious Moments {11th-17th March}
This week we have the most glorious weather, and the children, especially the little ones, have been outside every minute they can: The flowers are poking through, reassuring us that spring is here to stay: The little ones had a picnic on one day and I felt incredibly privileged to witness them saying Grace before…