This week a lovely lady and Mum to four, Chris (of ‘Thinly Spread‘ blog), is on an incredible journey to see the children of Mozambique. She has embarked on a journey, with Save the Children, for the ‘No Child Born to Die‘ campaign, which I blogged about recently. Chris hasn’t left her own children for […]
Charlotte
Lyrical Sunday, Week 20: A Haiku
And a Haiku from Grandma… The love of dear ones Our hearts are always in touch Memories forever ___________________________________________________________ Now it’s your turn! Link up below with your ‘Haiku’ poems for week 20 of Lyrical Sunday (or send me an e-mail to sarah (at) catchingthemagic (dot) com and I’ll post up your poem). If you’re […]
Silent Sunday
The ebb and flow of the tides…
I feel on my heart, like the gravitational pull of a full moon. Those early years with our children, side by side, are like two hearts knotted in a binding beat. Night and day our breath is shared. Learning, growing, getting to know the spirit that drives every conscious and unconscious thought. As our children […]
Balmy May gives way to thunder & showers
Nature has been very kind this month. It’s been so warm that even the bulbs have been confused. Our daffodils decided to pop their heads out the ground thinking it was spring come again. But winter isn’t to be kept at bay for ever. Dark clouds have rolled in this weekend, bringing heavy rainfall, floods, […]
A few highs (and lows) from the past week
The first week of a new term is never without a hitch. We only had a two week school holiday to enjoy together, after a long, 11-week, first term. We were just getting into our stride, and really enjoying ourselves, when the end of the holidays hit us with a bang. It felt premature that […]
Lyrical Sunday: Animals (with a focus on ‘Insects’ from Charlotte)
© Charlotte Lee (Age 7), April 2011 © Sarah Lee, April 2011 _____________________________________ We hope you’ve enjoyed reading this week’s poems. If you’d like to join in, please click on the ‘Lyrical Sunday’ badge below to find out how this began and how to be involved. The ‘Linky’ will remain open all week, so join in […]
Snapshots from a perfect Tuesday
Autumn left its coat off and let summer take a spin on the weather chart today. After dropping Charlotte & Sophie at school, Alice and I played on the beach. I was quick to ditch my boots and tights for bare legs, so I could dip my toes in with Alice (plus she wanted to […]
Weekend Highlights: from Football to a Doll House (with a car boot sale in between!)
Got to admire him… Partying till 1am (YouDo 4th Birthday), woken at 6am by his daughters jumping on him, spends the morning delivering flyers to advertise the school car boot sale, and then attempts a game of football. Twenty minutes into the game he’s injured and hobbles off the pitch. But his support crew stay […]
Lyrical Sunday: Weather (Week 14)
A poem from ‘Chicken Grandma’ too 🙂 Weather Sun, rain, wind or snow All have a beauty to put on a show Warm summer sun makes our hearts glow Rain waters the garden and helps plants to grow Wind moves the trees and makes kite flying fun Snow falls so quietly upon the soft ground […]
Things I’m Loving! Purple tights, red boots & more!
LOVE Purple tights and red boots, because sometimes a girl likes to pretend she’s a cosmopolitan chick – even if she does get very strange looks at the school gates of her local school. So after cleaning the windows (that nobody but her notices whether they’re clean or not), and being the laundry fairy to […]
Things I’m Loving… this last week of daylight saving
The clocks have turned back. This morning when the girls awoke at 7am I wearily acknowledged the fact it was actually 6am. Tonight darkness will fall at 6.30pm. The long summer nights will, for a while, be but a memory. We shall rug up, play board games, watch sunsets and admire starlit skies before bed-time. […]
Running with heart
SO admire our strong, little runner… Having come 2nd in her school cross-country, she was entered to run in the ‘Southern Zone’ against several other schools. She asked for a ‘big brekkie’ of scrambled eggs on toast and was more nervous about whether the school would have a yellow shirt small enough for her than […]