Earlier this month E celebrated what was her final World Book Day at primary school. Although secondary schools note the occasion by sharing stories, poetry, and various literature, they don’t tend to dress up like the primary schools do thus we decided to go ‘all out’ this time around. I usually groan at the idea of having to spend money on an outfit that will only be worn for twenty-four hours before being shelved forevermore. This year however the children were given a theme (Roald Dahl) and E knew exactly who she wanted to dress up and exactly what she’d …
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To say that I’m a proud parent would be somewhat of an understatement. Both J and E never fail to amaze me but this month our little lady has blown our socks off with gusto. After months of practicing and rehearsing a selection of songs, she traveled down to the AO Arena in Manchester where she and thousands of other pupils from other schools sang together as part of the ‘Young Voices‘ choir 2024. Sadly I was unable to attend the event but I followed it keenly through my phone as my husband and a few other parents drove down …
My little lady is now in her final year of primary school and with that, she’s facing the dreaded SAT examinations in a few months. Though my little lady knows fine well that ‘she’s got this’ as she listens, learns, and works hard at school, it still doesn’t stop the nerves from setting in. We’ve been doing our very best here at home to support her by working through practice tests, questions, and papers but bless her, it’s such a huge step for any child, especially E as she’s only ten! Despite her worries regarding the SAT’s she’s being an …
Whilst I don’t usually post on Christmas day, I thought I’d take the time to very quickly thank you all for your love, care, and support throughout this past year and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and of course a fabulous new year – let’s hope that 2024 is filled with happiness and ‘good elf’. Thank you for reading this month’s #LivingArrows . I look forward to catching up with your #LivingArrows either through your posts or comments on this post.
November has been a tough cookie in this household but we’ve done our best to keep the kids entertained and at ease in the run-up to Christmas. I’m yet to find my festive spirit, I am never usually a ‘Bah Humbug’ sort of gal but it’s not easy at present. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we took the kids to the local Dickensian festival this weekend. The boys wore their bowler and top hats whilst E and I stuck with sensible woolen wear to keep ourselves wrapped up warm as it was frosty out. Despite the endless stalls …