School Transition Preparation
After 2 big school visits and an Information evening for parents, for the most part, that is the Introductions for PJ going to big school done. The teacher will also make a visit to the various...
View ArticleAdoption Home Study Reflections - Summer 2011
After the affirming and fascinating 4 days of Preparation Group Training in April 2011, I began my home study preparation. I know that the home study assessment is changing with the upheaval of the...
View Article#Memory Box - Sunday Lunch
Roast! you exclaim.You love roast.With Oxter Puddings. (that's Yorkshire puddings, to everyone else)After grace you say tuck in.We eat: roast dinner complete with roast potatoes, veg, Yorkshire...
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Pets
Ahh, the chance to talk about our well loved cat, Smudge, for this weeks #WASO - The Weekly Adoption Shout Out - over at the Adoption Social. I love my cat - he is very gentle and loves to lie in the...
View ArticleThe Shallow or Deep Water Challenge
The article in the Guardian on name choices for prospective adopters and name changes for the adopted is there for all to read. I have to say I am saddened with the findings (or are they just opinion?)...
View ArticleTime Out and Time In
I am soooo looking forward to going on the Safe Base training soon. The Safe Base Training Programme will be for 4 days for me to attend - I have been using some of the Thera-Play games and activities...
View ArticleBig School Uniform #Memory Box
I've hunted high and hunted low and asked friends for advice and ... drum roll please - Ta Da! I have found non scratchy tops and non scratchy skirts and pinafores for Big School Uniform.Very pleased...
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Royal Baby #Memory Box
I was, along with many in the nation and indeed the world, waiting with bated breath for the news of the birth of the new Royal baby last week. I couldn't help but to keep my ear to the ground and to...
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Storytelling Narratives: Our Story.
I have been reading this book book on story narratives and found it really helpful and inspiring. The principle is building in story into our lives to help children piece together their story and to...
View ArticleTime Out is having Time Out
I wrote a few weeks ago about my battle of emotions and wills and my understanding vs what everyone else does in parenting and what is expected and what works.This is kind of my further thoughts and...
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Summer Holidays with the Family
We are embarking on the long Summer Holidays, our first together, with our belts fastened and buckles tied. I have decided that with the transition to Big School being imminent, that I would maintain a...
View Article#Memory Box - Happy Day
The phone rang - it was PJ's social worker 25 minutes after the court hearing for the Adoption Order Hearing was scheduled. Congratulations! they said, It is all done!Who is it? PJ asked and then asked...
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Royal Garden for a Prince or a Princess
Pj loves gardening. Well, she loves digging, to be precise. We went to a local Gardening club and came home with this lovely wee garden that we made together!It has a cardboard turret tower covered...
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Summer Holidays Fun Days
We have been having fun dressing up as pirates at a local Fun Day!A brilliantly run drop in day, with lots of activities to try and to join in with.I didn't have to plan anything.I just went with the...
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Indoor Glamping Summer Holiday Weekend
Does anyone else love camping but hate the trauma of being wet and all that entails? You know the scenario - I have the memory of it firmly imprinted on my mind for a lifetime of camping experiences -...
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Summer Holiday Royal Baby Reading
Thankfully, we love books in our house. Bedtime and let's wriggle and sit on the sofa for a little while time and we there is nothing quite like a little book to read.PJ came with lots of books and she...
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The Purple Sparkly Shoes #MemoryBox
PJ loves her Purple Sparkly Shoes. After all, we chose them together, when she had her last shoe fitting, along with another similar pair, that we got as a backup, spare pair. Here they are:Gorgeous,...
View ArticleSaying Sorry
Almost a year ago, when I was meeting PJ for the first time, I was told that PJ rarely said sorry. She would hurt others or break things and would never say sorry. We have worked on this a lot over...
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Safe Spaces #WASO
This is my safe space.Sometimes I share it with friends.Sometimes I share the baking and eating with PJEither way - cake is my sanctuary.My safe space.
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New Starts - Big School et al
This week marks the end of an era and the start of a new one. PJ will have finished her first year with me - yes - a whole year since placement - and the end of her Nursery years - and the start of BIG...
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Preparing for Our First Day at Big School
Last year PJ talked about going to Big School, as she had had her pre-school boosters, so assumed that when she came to me that she would go straight to Big School but she has had another year of...
View ArticleFirst Week at Big School
Fantastic start, so far!Hooray for Big School!We have got out the door, this last week on time and proudly wearing the uniform.She has carried and cuddled her toy that has a special job, to remind her...
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Messy Snow Joke Summer Fun
We have been continuing to have fun and develop PJ's sensory needs in our play activities - the latest fun we have had has been with shaving foam - ideas for summer snow can be found at growing a...
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Imagine My Surprise
Imagine my surprise when PJ came running out of the classroom at the end of her first week in big school ( Reception class) with a huge gold sticker on her chest and carrying a somewhat chewed but...
View ArticleStarting The Big School Rollercoaster Ride
We are nearing the end of the first half term of Big School and it has been a bumpy ride - not as bumpy as I thought it could have been. Yes, we have had some regression - some easier to cope with than...
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