Where will we go next?

Uh oh…she’s over thinking things again… I was reading through old blog posts this evening and it really made me contemplate on how much life has moved on. How different Jude is to the child …

Twenty things to do in one hour

Respite care. I know some of you are in receipt of this truly precious time each week/fortnight/month and I also know how amazing it can be. But BOY does each session whizz by. How does …

Frinton on sea

Frinton on sea – prides itself in possessing NO ice cream kiosks around the beach area and is therefore spotlessly clean. It also has no arcades, amusement areas or in fact anything for older kids …

Life update

Greetings all!  I appreciate that I have slowly (suddenly) morphed into the worlds crappest blogger so instead of writing anything meaningful today, I thought I’d offer you a short life update by way of explanation for …

I know how you feel

  There’s a new child in Jude’s class who is also staying at his school house. I met them on their first day and it really brought back so many memories for me. Dropping Jude …

Easter holidays

I’ve been incredibly slack with my blog these last few weeks but gave myself that allowance because of the (seemingly endless) Easter holidays. I was not looking forward to it a huge amount but we’ve …

Jude has made the world a better place

Birth experience At exactly 5.01am on Monday 20th March 2006, my life changed forever. Well, actually if you want to be pernickety, for the two days prior to that date, my life was already shifting …

Is my first child the eldest?

  Holding Elsa for the first time back in December 2010 brought on some really odd feelings. She was the baby I had always thought I’d have when Jude was born and ever since then …

Intensive Interaction

What is Intensive interaction? Intensive interaction is a therapy technique designed by David Hewitt to support individuals at the earliest levels of development. It’s primarily aimed at people with autism as well as those with …