Family Diary My goals for 2023! Posted on January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 By Becky In true New Year fashion, I thought I’d check in to my little old blog and put down on ‘paper’ some of my goals for the year 2023! I love coming on here each year and setting myself a few goals and challenges. Some I don’t end up following through… Read more
Family Diary Festive Gingerbread Houses 2021! Posted on January 13, 2022January 28, 2022 By Becky Okay, so I realise that now we’re well into January that this post is no longer relevant to the season, but I still really wanted to record what has gradually become a Freeman Family Christmas tradition over the years: Annual Gingerbread House Making Day! We buy kits every year, not… Read more
Blogging My Word for 2022: Revive! Posted on January 6, 2022 By Becky revive , verb restore to life or consciousness. Wow, it’s been a long time! When I last wrote my yearly ‘word’ for a year, the last being 2020, a whole ton of stuff has clearly happened in the world, and this space has been a little neglected for various… Read more
10 Surprising Positives of Lockdown Posted on May 25, 2020January 28, 2022 By Becky It must be 9 weeks (or is it 10?) since we, as a family, have been ‘in’, and by ‘in’ I of course mean lockdown, something that every single person in the whole of the UK (unless you’re an amazing key worker of course), has been enduring. We’ve now had… Read more
Freddie’s Photography Posted on May 19, 2020January 3, 2022 By Becky This morning whilst Adam was on work calls I decided to take all 3 children to our local common for a bit of ‘homeschool’ variety. They all love it there, there is plenty of space to roam, and it’s so quiet in the mornings aside from a few dog walkers…. Read more
Ad #MealtimeMilestones with doddl Posted on May 1, 2020August 29, 2023 By Becky Having now got 2 of our children successfully through the weaning stage and now scoffing food independently to their heart’s content, within the last couple of years it’s been their little brother’s turn to master that crucial life skill: Being able to use cutlery independently to enjoy meals along with… Read more
12 days in…and a new normal! Posted on March 29, 2020January 3, 2022 By Becky 12 days in. It’s been 12 days now since we began a new normal our family went into self-isolation after I became unwell and developed a temperature. Whilst I am much better now, and I don’t believe I had coronavirus (just regular ill-timed lurgy!), it still meant the enforced end… Read more
And Then There Were Three… Posted on February 21, 2020January 28, 2022 By Becky This post is dedicated to all of you women out there who have recently found out that you are carrying a child. We’re not sure how you might be feeling about that at this present time, because we know that having a baby is going to give you a whirlwind… Read more
My Word for 2020: Growth Posted on January 1, 2020January 3, 2022 By Becky I’ve written these kind of ‘New Year’s Resolution’ posts on a few occasions now since creating this blog, and whilst I often cringe at the cliche of them, as someone who really buzzes off goal setting they still fill me with a small amount of ‘clean-slate-joy’! The last few years… Read more