We’ve had fun with playdough for a few days in a row. Tayler enjoyed making a snail and deconstructed it. Willow enjoyed seeing what lots of tools could do and she also liked squashing anything I made!

What ‘me time’ looks like. Self care has become a big talking point in recent years and with suicide rates being so high. More and more people are talking about mental health and taking time for oneself.

I'm an unschooling mum so a curriculum isn't something we use. A curriculum is far too much like school. However I do love a good 'strew'! Strewing is leaving things of interest for our children to find.

This is the first week of school for my eldest. However he's not going to school. We are unschooling. I've been saying 'unschooling' for a while now but really we've just been 'parenting' so far. Now,

Choices on walks - let them have freedom Yesterday we went on a walk around a local park. (We’re lucky that we have so many parks and woodland near us) Whenever we’ve taken our eldest to a place like this,

Parenting is hard. We make mistakes... all the time, and that's OK. I feel that it is important to know that, so here's a mantra.... 'It's ok NOT to be perfect' Very ok in fact. We learn by our mistakes,

I'm Lydia, mum of two, wife of @ashtv, and I live in Yorkshire I'm more than that, of course, and I'd like to tell you more about me and my family's life and, more importantly, life choices. Not right