“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

Latest Posts


  • Welcome to EmbracingTheirWild

    Welcome to Embracing Their WildHome of the WildOnes, Mummy’s Teacup, the ETW Garden, and more. What began as a simple blog to pass the time during the 2020 lockdowns — marking those tender early years in the lives of the… Continue reading

    Welcome to EmbracingTheirWild
  • Sustainable but not Silly

    How the ETW Family naturally became more sustainable — no pressure or perfection. Real life. Real kids. Real mess. Real change. Continue reading

    Sustainable but not Silly
  • A Year of Change…

    Today, Easter Sunday, I was welcomed into membership at Petrockstowe Community Church, a combined Anglican and Methodist Church. A year ago I didn’t feel like I fit anywhere…If I went to church on a Sunday morning, it was a struggle.… Continue reading

  • Whole Roasted Summer Squash

    Every year I say I’m not going to go mad planting Courgettes and Summer Squashes…but then I plant them, and the seedlings grow, and it seems a waste to not plant them on…and then I end up with so many… Continue reading

    Whole Roasted Summer Squash
  • Finding Myself Again…

    It was a typical grey, damp August bank holiday Sunday morning when I found the key I had been searching for to unlock who I was…because I did exist pre children, and marriage, and work…somewhere along the way I had… Continue reading

  • It’s Sunday Morning…

    It’s Sunday Morning. That used to mean trying to get organised and get the WildOnes dresses, breakfasted, ready and out the door to church…where quite often they were the only children present. I’ve been signed off work for almost 7… Continue reading

    It’s Sunday Morning…
  • Bug Hotels and Other Wild Things

    May Day Weekend WildOne1 announced that he wanted to do a project. I’m not going to lie, my heart sank a little bit. I have so much to do currently and trying to figure out a project to occupy the… Continue reading

  • World Password Day…really??

    Apparently World Password Day is a thing…or so Social Media tells me. I, being bored and up with WildOne3 decided to turn to my dear friend Dr Google* as to why that is…I did assume it was a way of… Continue reading

    World Password Day…really??
  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back…but that’s OK

    Looking through the draft posts that never got published, I found this one. Despite how hard I have been finding things recently, this draft post from July 22 (see Photo) proves to me we have moved forwards. DaddyETW is not… Continue reading

    Two Steps Forward, One Step Back…but that’s OK
  • MummyETW returns

    For those that don’t know (although how you are here without following social media right now is surprising) I (as in MummyETW) have been on a partial Social Media break. Those on my personal friends list will know I’ve been… Continue reading

    MummyETW returns