This morning we had to be in the pool (well, F and M did) by 8.30. We made it, we were early, i think that we were little short of the choir of angels singing the hallelujah chorus as we got there, not shrieking, not running, not late, not at each others throats, not having […]

Thursday morning i parcelled early then we headed off to Claire’s for a day of playing with Charlie and lovely toys. Midway through the day i got THE TEXT to say my new niece was on her way, so i was mildly distracted, but as usual i managed to come away from seeing Claire having […]

Congratulations to my sister G and her partner D on the birth of Baby Ella, 8lbs 12 last night on 10.08.06. Told her it would be a great birthdate; she didn’t oblige with a birth time of 04.02 but you can’t have everything and if i remember correctly, it is the day they are getting […]

I’ve just been to Tesco and i bought…. biscuits, chocolate, 5 notebooks (Amelie is getting through a lot of them!) a laminator, 2 packs of pouches, washing up liquid, mad person pills, 2 tops and 2 pairs of trousers IN REAL SIZE 16!!!!! Your turn. I can’t remember the last time i owned size 16 […]

Today we had old friends round. J&J are some of my very oldest friends, i met J at the same time as Kate and our elder 3 are the same ages almost exactly as their lot. Mr J is now house dad again for the summer and after not managing to catch up for ages […]

Anyone know standard procedure for a 4 year old who swallows a geomag ball?

…who would be Amelie’s new mate. I’m starting to think she goes for a particular type of girl!

… Lala-land. And that is where we spent the day. No car, cos being a lovely wife i let Max take it so that he didn’t get all wet in the morning rain but we had a fine time all together. Kids all did bits of work, Fran played Settlers, Maddy did puppet shows and […]

We seemed to have worked out weekends a bit. The arrival of 3 new bikes has certainly helped; Fran and Max have a routine that involves pegging it at great speed down to a lock then climbing trees and scrambling down banks (Famous Five anyone?) and Maddy and i do more sedate trips round the […]