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.
Happy birthday – sounds lovely. I have been enjoying the sunnier weather too although we had hail stones yesterday. I hope you have a lovely Easter!
Always enjoy such round-ups! Feels like a cozy little catch-up. Love discovering new bits from your week and getting inspired along the way.
Happy belated birthday to you and your son. It sounds like you had a fun week and the Stitch Festival sounded like great fun. I did look at going as want to try learning a new craft – maybe next time
Happy belated birthday to you and your son. I hope you enjoyed the cake, I am sure it turned out delicious.
Happy birthday for last week, it’s so good that you booked onto the craft event to do something just for you to enjoy. It must be scary thinking about university for your kids, time goes way too quickly x
Happy birthday to you and your son! It must be so much fun to have two birthdays in the same week. An extended party!
Oh, wow. Two birthdays in a week sounds epic. So much good food, good memories, and TONS OF CAKE!
That was really lucky with the weather for the DofE practice run. Those are such a fun experience for the kids.
Having a husband who bakes custom cakes is such a treat. That novel about the architect has me curious since those old London settings are always so atmospheric. Your daughter sounds like a real pro with those miles.
Stitch Festival sounds so interesting and I must attend it one day. So glad to read that you had a week full of celebrations!
Two birthdays in one week is a lot! It sounds like you will have a lot of fun at the Stitch event – I cannot wait to see some of your finished crochetting projects.
Happy birthday . Sounds like a busy and fun round up . The stitch event sounds brilliant , I wonder if I could find something like that around my way