Jake has at last lost his top tooth that has been threatening to fall out for what seems a very long time. Mia is an utter poppet. She is in a dress and tights phase at the moment and refuses to wear anything else. This evening I heard her crying so I went to investigate. …
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Taggie version 3 or is that 4?
While Amy was valiantly getting her dissertation proposal finished this weekend, I decided to head to Bluewater to search for Mia’s birthday present. We wandered around for ages going from shop to shop. I bought her a pair of slippers as a birthday present from Jake. I also bought Jake a nice dressing gown and …
Hey, it’s a new year
Well here we are in 2013. It has an ominous ring to it what with the unlucky connotations of trece. Today is my first day back at work. One of my resolutions was to cycle to work ‘all the way’ which means a 60 mile round trip. Unfortunately this was not to be and I …
Bike video
Mia, who doesn’t watch any TV or DVD’s or anything like that has taken a bizarre liking to a video featuring Danny Macaskill and Chris Hoy. Every evening after stories she will ask for ‘bike video’ or ‘derny bike?’. Here it is in all its glory.
All change
I decided the other day to upgrade Mia’s cot to a ‘big girls bed’ now that she is doing so well with her potty training. We went into the attic room and retrieved the mattress and extra items required to turn the cot into a Stokke Sleepi Junior. When I studied the instructions I saw …
School, bikes and lego
So Jake is back at school and has moved his classroom upstairs into year 2. New uniform, new year, and very smart he looks in it too! Mia has been a little poppet and continues to delight us. I tried to make a start of the potty training at the weekend. The result? Number of …
Wet and wild June
This is the entry for June. We’ve had one week of nice weather and the rest of the time it has been wet and cold, but now that I am in my shorts and sandals I refuse to give them up! Of course the major events this month were the Queens Diamond Jubilee, Father’s Day …
Mia’s interview at St. D’s
Mia has been very chatty lately. Today she had her St Dunstans school ‘interview’. It wasn’t really an interview, just a general chat about the nursery. Good job really because when Mrs Scard handed Mia a red brick Mia said “Yellow brick!” Pet lamb 🙂 Afterwards Mia said “Me Like teacher”. What an angel! So …
Sunday in Highgate
Last Sunday we ventured North Of The River to Holloway Road to visit Grandad and Auntie Paula. The journey involved a number of train and tube journeys which both the children enjoyed. I was in my element taking various Instagram pictures detailing our journey. When we arrived we had a quick rest at Paula’s flat …
Jake cycles!
I took Jake to Halfords to buy a new helmet. I wanted him to get excited about riding his bike and also to give him an incentive for getting rid of the stabilisers. To this end I left the shop £50 worse off. We bought not only a new helmet, but some cycling mitts and …