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 18/2026}

We visited the rhododendrons at Langley Park. It has been years since our last visit so we were excited to see them again. They are just starting to come out in every colour.

Last week I started to reading Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa Perry. I have a huge TBR pile, but wanted to read something a little different. This is a cosy crime novel, with psychology thrown in.

I finished making my Happily jigsaw puzzle called In the 1970s. I bought it from Vinted and only realised it had a missing piece when I tried to finish it. I still enjoyed doing it and loved the illustrations which included a telephone, slinky, Simon Says toy and Pet Rock. My teen had lots of questions about all of these!

My oldest teen had a celebration morning at school, he officially leaves this week! They all signed their school shirts and had a special assembly. After school finished early, he went out for lunch with his friends.

My younger teen took part in her first athletics competition of the season. She did really well so fingers crossed she will have a successful year.