On our return journey from Scotland, we were delighted to be able to make a pitstop in Leyland in Lancashire. Leyland is a smallish town with a lively church in the centre. And for one day only, timed perfectly for our return south, the maker of the soundtrack to our lives since children have joined [...]
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God Rock Rocks
Posted in Family, Fun, tagged Australia, Christian, Colin Buchanan, faith, Family, Fun, God Rock, Kids, music, songs, tour, UK on 17 April, 2012 | 2 Comments »
An Informal Easter
Posted in Church, Faith, Family, tagged activity, Cake and Chat, Craft, Easter, Family, Fun, Holiday club, informal, Kids, paper on 28 March, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bee has been here over the last couple of days, helping out with Messy Church last night and with the school Easter service this morning. She and I got together this afternoon to talk about next Thursday, when Cake & Chat becomes DIY Holiday Club. She had some lovely Easter craft ideas and we sourced [...]
Party Report: Dr Who and the Joker
Posted in Church, Family, Food, tagged 9yo, Amy Pond, birthday, Cake, Dr Who, Family, Kids, old-fashioned, party on 7 February, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Joker had his ninth birthday party a couple of weeks ago. He had an old-fashioned party games do in the church hall. Since the Joker and his brother are currently obsessed with Dr Who, the theme for the party was obvious. A bit of crowd-sourcing of games using Google and Twitter and we were [...]
How to get Kids to go on a Walk
Posted in Family, tagged activities, Children, Clent Hills, Family, free, Fun, geocaching, Kids, reluctant walkers, treasure hunt, walks on 29 December, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Our technique for this has proved pretty successful of late. We were particularly pleased this holiday when we managed a walk that included one child who has been rather reluctant to walk of late. But when he was told we were going on a Treasure Hunt, he became quite keen. What we do, of course, [...]
Halloween Survival
Posted in Faith, Family, tagged Christian, Family, guising, Halloween, Kids, pumpkin, pumpkin devotional, trick or treat on 31 October, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Walking to school this morning, a girl from the Joker’s year had a bit of a moan at me: When I come trick or treating to your house I have to do a joke. Last year we imposed our Scottish guising rules and it’s obviously been remembered! I have a couple of pumpkins in and [...]
Best Babies
Posted in Family, tagged babies, birthday, celebration, Dudley Zoo, Family, Fun, meerkats, orangutan on 2 August, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday we went to Dudley Zoo to celebrate the Queen’s tenth birthday. We loved our visit, as usual, but today was extra special as there were some new babies on show: We enjoyed a talk on the meerkats and watched the babies playing for ages. But not for as long as we watched the fabulous [...]
Free Seeds Song
Posted in Family, tagged Children, Christian, Church, faith, Family, free, Kids, music, Romans 6v23, Seeds Family Worship, sin, song, wages of sin on 6 July, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We love the kids music produced by Seeds Family Worship in the US. At the moment you can download a free memory song from their website – Romans 6v23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Weekend Adventures at the Vicarage
Posted in Faith, Inner city, tagged buildings, busyness, Children, Church, community, damage, Family, Inner city, masonry, play, vicar, Vicar's wife job description, Vicarage, visitors on 16 May, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My head is still spinning a bit after this weekend. On Friday an old pal from our Cambridge church turned up on our doorstep wanting a bed for a few nights – he’s on a walking tour of the country. My parents also came to stay and Rocky’s fiancee stopped over Saturday and Sunday nights. [...]
Books for Busy Mums (and Dads) Part 1
Posted in Family, tagged A Shame to Miss, Anne Fine, anthologies, bedtime story, board games, Books, busy, Children, comprehension, comprehension games, Family, June Crebin, Kids, Literacy, Michael Rosen, Mustard Custard Grumblebelly and Gravy, Parenting, parents, poems, poetry, Puffin, reading, schools, time saving, vocabulary on 12 May, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have picked up that I help out at our church primary school most weeks, reading with kids who need a bit of a boost with their comprehension and language. What’s been fun for me this year has been spending time with kids with a wide range of [...]
Resurrection Eggs for Toddlers, Sunday School and Busy Vicars
Posted in Faith, Family, tagged activity, all age, Children, Craft, cross, death, donkey, Easter, Family, illustrations, Jesus, Kids, nails, paint your own eggs, prayer, resurrection, Resurrection Eggs, stone, Sunday school, toddlers, tomb on 15 April, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The other day I noticed an interesting tweet in my Twitter stream: Just finishing talk for tomorrow’s Easter Praise. Have taken @thevicarswife Resurrection Eggs & adapted them for under 3s. It will be mayhem So I got onto Abi, who was responsible for the tweet and asked her if she’d mind writing up the details [...]
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