Little Cotton Rabbits

Bluebells

One of the nicest things about having children in different schools is that the inset days are usually different. This was the case yesterday with Toby going back to school a day earlier than Amy, giving us the chance to spend some extra time together. After breakfast we headed off to the woods where the bluebells were out. Sadly they were a little past their best but still scented the air and made the woods more magical than ever...

 

And then we came home to make (and eat) a cake together

A peacefully perfect day to finish off the Easter break.

Easter holiday highlights

 

green shoots bursting forth under blue skies

 

paddling pool splashing

 

sun-warmed grass under bare feet

the scent of blossom all around the garden

 

a little time for crochet in the shade

 

the first of the new season's English strawberries

 

and a new haircut - Amy took the plunge and had 7 inches lopped off!

The main highlight though was watching Amy on stage in a musical that she performed with her theatre group. Seeing her up on stage singing, dancing and delivering her lines with such confidence made me all misty-eyed with pride.

All in all it's been one of the better school breaks - thanks to a holiday club that Toby enjoyed and which gave Amy and I three lovely days to spend together. And despite the fact that I'm still going to bed each night hoping that this night will be the first one of the year when Toby isn't awake for 3 or 4 hours, I am feeling more relaxed than I usually do after a school break!

Happy Easter

The school Easter holidays have arrived here and so I'll be kept busy with entertainments for little people over the next 2 weeks. I'm stopping by now in a quiet moment to wish you all a very happy Easter, see you on the other side!

finished

  A little batch in time for Easter...

 1. rowan, 2. mona louise, 3. finty, 4. piper, 5. warren, 6. wren, 7. april, 8. fuchsia, 9. frannie, 10. taisie, 11. malden, 12. mariko, 13. beryl, 14. munrow, 15. penn

Easter bunnies and foxes and monkeys...

Back again, feeling all weepy (in a good way) after seeing Amy's school assembly with the children showing their paintings and saying what's best about their mums. Anyway, March has whizzed by with not enough knitting time for my liking but I am almost finished on a batch of animals.

I know I'm cutting it a bit fine to get them all rehomed in time for Easter but hopefully they'll be ready to travel to new homes next week and I'll email the mailing list with details soon. If you'd like your email address to be added please just leave a comment below.

Happy Mother's day on Sunday to all mummies out there x

A little Toby update

Thanks to everyone who has emailed me recently. I am really behind with emails and so hope you'll forgive me if I've not replied yet. A few people have asked about how things are with Toby but there's nothing really to say at the moment. Things are the same with lack of sleep and frequent meltdowns day and night and lots of self harming, mostly hand biting.

We're still waiting for paperwork to be processed on some kind of respite and for further meetings but everything takes so long as it's bound in reams of red tape and procedure, which isn't a lot of help when you're out of energy for chasing and making a nuisance of yourself. We've had a recent meeting with the educational psychologist and Toby has been referred to the challenging behaviour unit and the occupational therapist for sensory assessment. All of which is potentially helpful in the future but not of immediate aid.

Will pop back later with a nicer post of knitted animals after I've been to the mother's day assembly at Amy's school.