One door closes..

And another one opens. It has been an emotional footballing week for Anna and myself. She has made the very hard decision to leave her football team in Fakenham after six years of fun, heartbreak, friendship, hard lessons, learning and some epic, epic saves! Anna has continuously improved in her role as a keeper and she has been given the opportunity to break into the Kings Lynn Elite side and potentially train with the goalkeepers at the Norwich girls development squad. Both not a given as of yet, but really great opportunities to prove herself and go to another level. Today she played her last game with her friends and put in a typical performance full of outstanding saves, courage and balling out her team mates! I felt so proud as she was given a standing ovation off the field, presents and some lovely words from her coach. She's outgrown her team and it was time to move on with great memories in the bag and she can be very proud of her contribution. She has grown so much and I am grateful to everybody for helping and guiding Anna to be herself and express herself on a football fields. The impact on her confidence and self esteem has been immeasurable. I know I am and could have spent the morning listening forever to those lovely compliments from parents and her coaches. There were tears from both of us. Here's to the next chapter Anna in your footballing journey and I hope to share it with you every step of the way 😊 xx

Grumpy buggers!

With the girls getting used to normal routines, Anna taking part in multiple footy training sessions and games, Lucy's school work getting more challenging as mock exams and assessments come up, our kids can only be described as 'right tired and grumpy buggers' this bank holiday weekend. Added to this the inclement weather, a lack of even a minute wish to spend time with their parents and a need to build confidence to go out and about, the only person smiling at me this weekend is the annoyingly photogenic Mrs Hammond! It's made a lovely change that we have managed to find some time to spend with each other this weekend, in between the shopping, errands, housework, cooking and endless busy life. Amy managed to tell and instruct me as to where everything should go in her 'bit' of the garden! 😆 As a family we've not quite embraced the gradual lifting of restrictions and still proceed on the road back to 'normal' like with the utmost caution, although visits from Granny and Grandpa, the odd coffee out and some dog walking with friends on Wells beach has been most welcome 😊 No holiday booked for this year, so plans to start persuading grumpy and grumpy to spend time with their parents and have some days out in the summer are slowly being formed?