Starting my week with the Weekly Edit is a ritual I’ve kept for years. It’s my favourite Monday morning anchor—a chance to slow down, celebrate the ‘small wins,’ and gather the smiles from the week behind us. Part reflection and part record-keeping, it’s my way of documenting our family’s adventures before the next chapter begins.

The Weekly Edit {Week 12/2026}

Last week we celebrated my son’s birthday and mine. There were a lot of presents, cards and birthday cake. My son asked for a homemade Battenberg cake and I asked for a Jellycat inspired birthday cake. My husband was very busy baking all week!

The weather was bright and sunny which meant my daughter had a dry weekend for her Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition. She already goes hiking and camping with Scouts so she was well prepared for her adventurous weekend. She walked 7.5 miles on Saturday and 11.5 miles on Sunday.

I took a day off work to attend The Stitch Festival in London. I booked myself on a couple of workshops to try some new crafts, including punch needle and sashiko. I enjoyed the workshops and bought some more Liberty fabric for some projects I want to make.

Although my son is taking his GCSEs this summer we are already thinking ahead to post-Sixth Form. We attended a local uni open day so he could have a look around the campus and find out more about the courses they offer. I am not ready to think about this stage yet, but it is exciting for him.

I received a new Persephone Books book for my birthday, but I decided to read one from my collection first, So I’m reading Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton. It’s a novel about the life of a London architect from the 1890s to the early 1930s who realises that he may have married the wrong woman.