Five Home Ed In Kent

Water Fights and Stary Nights

Published on 2010-07-03 01:35:00

At the weekend we started the celebrations for William's 8th birthday.His actual birthday was on Sunday but Josh was out most of the day at Celebration Surrey event where SAVVY where performing.That's Josh on the far left of the picture - shades on of course!Actually it was so very hot - being the hottest day that we'd had of this warm weather - that they came home from the event earlier than we

How Does My Garden Grow? - Update

Published on 2010-06-26 03:48:00

It is very rewarding to watch things growing in the garden!These were images from the garden taken on 27th April when plants were just starting to grow.Then in May we had those frosts and everything was covered up.Now... now the harvesting is starting!We've already had about 2kg of potatoes, 600g of carrots, and over 1kg of strawberries so far, plus numerous bowls of salad leaves, and herbs to

More Birthdays!

Published on 2010-06-07 01:53:00

Jonathan is three! How did that happen? Doesn't seem that long ago...He had said that what he wanted for his birthday was "party hats, balloons and biscuits". When asked what he wanted as a present he said "a bouncy ball". For his cake, he wanted "Peppa Pig" and when I asked whether he wanted Peppa or George he said "all of them". So...We tried to accomodate this...He came downstairs to find

Birthdays and Sunshine

Published on 2010-05-28 05:31:00

Crikey I didn't realise it had been so long since I blogged!What have we been up to?We had my niece's 1st birthday party at my brother's house (she's the little girl in pink watching whilst everyone else plays with her new toys!).Everyone dressed up for the occasion and, ironically, Roarke, Josh and William all wore blue shirts.That meant I got a lovely photo of my "boys in blue" (one of whom is

Frosty Veg

Published on 2010-05-13 13:24:00

I get a feeling that I might look back at my last post, with it's lovely pictures of all the things growing in my garden, and weep by the end of this week!What IS it with this weather?! A few days ago we had snow in some parts of the country again, and widespread frosts at night.I panicked. I don't have a greenhouse. My tender plants - courgettes and tomatoes - were already out in the garden

How Does My Garden Grow?

Published on 2010-04-27 04:45:00

Growing in my garden at the moment:Yellow beetroot (I've also got ordinary beetroot growing but they aren't as big)Thyme - this plant is from my original bought some 10 years ago and split and taken with me in three house moves!Sweet Cherry Tomatoes (I have two other varieties to come yet)Summer cabbagesStrawberriesMixed salad leaves (sown by Josh)Two rows of carrots that were sown second, but in

Frugal Fiorelli

Published on 2010-04-26 12:16:00

I love reading food blogs. They inspire, encourage, inform and entertain. I've got a whole list of them plugged into my Google Reader.I keep thinking of posting *my* culinary escapes on my blog and then I think, hmm, would anyone be interested?! I never write down what I've done, rarely can remember, and I never think of taking a photograph until *after* we've eaten something and thought "yum!

Published on 2010-04-24 07:52:00

Wednesday afternoon a friend took me out for lunch, to lift my spirits, and also ended up talking me into letting them dye my hair! Actually the afternoon of having my hair coloured, washed, dried and styled was really nice. Surrounded by males, I'm not used to any sort of "pampering" so having a young girl friend offer to give me a "girly" afternoon was quite a novelty :-)Thursday was spent in

Love Doesn't End With Dying

Published on 2010-04-21 01:15:00

"Love doesn’t end with dyingOr leave with the last breathFor someone you’ve loved deeplyLove doesn’t end with death""…Bill always seemed to be someone who would go the extra mile. He is going to be enormously missed by so many people and I am proud to have known him…"Four years ago today my beloved Dad died. The quote about him above was just one of many messages we received from friends in the

Gardening

Published on 2010-04-19 14:39:00

I feel like I've been paying for my two lovely days of self indulgence, because I got up this morning to the realisation of a very long list of things to do!I managed to get done most of the things I needed to do in the garden. I planted out another 12 cabbages (and put the remaining 12 on freecyle), 6 more broccoli plants, and the pink fir apple potatoes, and sowed another row of carrot