Ok so I never thought I would become a vegan, I tried being a vegetarian once but that did not go very well. I was 13 and my parents had let me see a rather inappropriate film called “Parents”. Now I do not know if you have any experience of this film but it is […]
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The Holiday
To most people a holiday is a time to relax, to idle away the hours and forget about your stresses. That’s most people. The parent of an autistic has a somewhat different experience. It all starts rightly enough, you convince yourself this time will be different, you can forego the schedule and pecs cards. But […]
I love my autistic son. He cracks me up so much, it took me over 30 years to become a bit of a misanthrope but he has managed it in under 5. Today has been a bit of a shitty day for him. We are going away tomorrow and so the schedule has gone out […]
I find it very difficult to be honest with myself about my feelings. There is always that inner voice telling you that you’re bad or wrong for thinking a certain way, or that others will judge you and you should keep it to yourself. After a while these feelings become overwhelming and a sense of […]
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“I don’t like Playschool”
So meltdown moo does not like playschool. Anyone who asks him will get this answer. Well that is if they ask him over an hour after he gets home from said playschool, as in the golden hour after picking him up he loves it. Now you might wonder why, if we’re home educating, does Milo […]
So today I have decided to start writing down some of our daily experiences due to Meltdown Moo’s issues. Before I begin you must understand that we are quite a batty family anyway and we already stand out of a crowd. Let me introduce you to the players: Mum: That’s me. Rather batty, self-employed, home educating, misanthropic […]
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B is for……. colouring in
Help your little one to learn the alphabet with our free printables. All you need to do is to click on the image for a free full size image!
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I’m in a magazine
So if you’re interested in photography and Hampshire you might have caught some of my work in the glossy “Hampshire Life” this month. It is nice to see your work on the magazine stands. Anyhow for those of you who missed it, here are the images that were featured:
Welcome to our colour in alphabet series. Every week we will be bringing you a new letter to colour in to aid your childs creative development and letter recognition. The first is A is for Apple. Just click on the image for a printable A4 PDF
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Dreams
When we are young we have dreams, we have hopes and ambitions. A lot of the time those aspirations become diluted and quite often fade altogether. Things happen, we become worn down by life; or we meet someone, fall in love and put our dreams on the back burner as we think there’s still so […]