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Author: helenlouisechandler

I am a writer and mum, living in East London with my husband, young daughters and two cats. My novels 'Two for Joy' and 'To Have and to Hold' are published by Hodder and Stoughton.
December 16, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Seven

September 23, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Sustainable(ish)

July 21, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Publication Day

July 20, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Publication Day Eve

July 15, 2021 helenlouisechandler

The power of the ping

July 5, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Imposter Syndrome

June 14, 2021 helenlouisechandler

New Beginnings

March 23, 2021 helenlouisechandler

One Year Later

February 13, 2021 helenlouisechandler

Club 40

November 18, 2020 helenlouisechandler

The New Normal

September 10, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Pressing Resume

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Normality?

April 17, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Pressing pause

April 5, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Guest blog: William in lockdown

March 27, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Home Sweet Home? – Day Ten

March 19, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Home Sweet Home? – Day 3

March 18, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Home Sweet Home? – Day Two

March 17, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Home, sweet home? – Day One

March 9, 2020 helenlouisechandler

What would Greta do?

February 14, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Girls going greener

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We had lunch @pizzaexpress on Saturday, and my 6yo was very taken with the competition on the Piccolo menu to compose some Christmas song lyrics. She has come home and given it a lot of thought, before coming up with this (to be sung to the tune of Jingle Bells). The prize is a family meal at Pizza Express, and she is very excited about winning it and getting to take us all out for dinner. Not winning hasn't really occurred to her as a possibility...
Happy 1st of December! (I hope I haven't set the bar so the children expect a novelty breakfast every morning of Advent...)
Inset day for the 6yo, so we have headed to Wonder Lab at @the.science.museum which is one of our favourite trips together. Exploring resistance, bridge-building, tesselating patterns and centripetal force.
This is what getting ready to go and see Nanna and Grandad for half term looks like in 2021!
Day 16 - Saturday. This Saturday looks like a 5 mile walk to a Cotswolds country pub, whilst on a mini break celebrating 22 years together with (and 11 years married to!) this lovely man.
Day 12 - Make. My 12yo is obsessed with #GBBO and likes to bake along each week, so she makes cake in cake week, biscuits in biscuit week and so on. Tonight is desert week, and she made treacle tart. I am very excited as it's a real favourite of mine.

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