I had never been aware of autism in my single person life. I knew about Rain Man and that autism could lead to people having learning difficulties but other than that autism hadn’t been significant in my life. Wow how that has changed!! I think the first time it cropped up in conversation was whenContinueContinue reading “My Autism Family”
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Edible Cookie Dough!
My daughter made edible cookie dough yesterday in her online Brownies session and it was such a hit with my usually fussy eater daughter! It is no-cook so it’s an easy recipe for children to make. Ingredients 100g butter, softened to room temperature 175g soft brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 140g plain flour 2ContinueContinue reading “Edible Cookie Dough!”
Post School Closure Catch Up!
Hi! It’s been a long time! Since Christmas I have hardly blogged at all. My life was taken over by “School Closure 2: This Time We’re Serious”. We were no longer asked to “just do whatever work they can manage” as we were in the first lockdown. Remember then? The sunny days, playing outside, allContinueContinue reading “Post School Closure Catch Up!”
Weekend house clean
Cooking Vids
Recently I have been loving using our slow cooker. The whole concept of “chuck the ingrediants in and go back to a fully cooked meal” is great during home schooling and with not a lot of time without the children. Here are a couple of meals we made this week… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGXKVVgeiKY&t=52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgSsKjkpoUQ I also madeContinueContinue reading “Cooking Vids”
A Day in the Life of an MS Mum
6am Husband wakes for work, so I am awake too! He usually works from home at the moment but today has to go on site to do something with computers (this is pretty much how I describe his job to others!). As with most nights I’ve been woken a few times due to leg crampsContinueContinue reading “A Day in the Life of an MS Mum”
28 Day Declutter Challenge
Sometimes you can look around your house and think “Wow, how did everything get so crazy and cluttered?!”. The wardrobes are bursting with clothes which are never worn, children’s toys are everywhere, the kitchen is a state with cupboards full of expired jars and packets of food and the bathroom cupboards are full of old,ContinueContinue reading “28 Day Declutter Challenge”
Storage in our Home
Since decluttering our house a few years ago I have been on an ongoing journey to better organise and store our belongings. Here are a few of the ways we try and restore some order to our crazy home! This is the toiletries box in our main bathroom for the girls and I. I haveContinueContinue reading “Storage in our Home”
Homeschooling – school closure 2
We’re into the second week of homeschooling and the nervous breakdown is approaching! During the last school closure lockdown I just had one child to school. Now, however, I have two! The youngest is in Reception class so the work is light but the having to concentrate on them both is pretty exhausting! It’s evenContinueContinue reading “Homeschooling – school closure 2”
Decluttering Basics
Chose one room at a time Start in corner of room and work roundMake 3 piles – keep, throw, donateIn keep pile – separate into like items eg toiletries, paperwork, sentimental then sort through each group and again “keep, trow, donate”The keep items can then be transferred to correct room Take a before and afterContinueContinue reading “Decluttering Basics”
The Kids, Me and MS 