We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing. And he picked up the yellow pen and, with great deliberation, drew a yellow circle. And […]
Almost 3.
He’s almost three. It’s hard to believe there was ever a time when he wasn’t firmly at the centre of the family. He talks ALL the time now. When he doesn’t know the word he find a way round it. When he can’t get us to do his […]
Big and Little.
I was beyond tired today, of the worn out and grumpy and tearful with it variety. Fran let me go back to bed. When I woke up, they were deeply embroiled in kitchen stuff. There was a lot of mess (which they tidied up; result!) There was a lot of hard work. There was a […]
Simple Things
We had 3 days apart this week, Bene and I. It was too long really, though I had a marvellous time. And he was fine. This morning was perfect, him waking up to find me in the bed I wasn’t in when he fell asleep last night. There was pure delight in his eyes. It […]
Too tight to try a tuff spot.
This is what happens when you are doing toddlers for the 5th time. The girls would have got a tuff spot. Bene gets a cat litter tray and a bag of soup beans. I really wanted to be be good at toddler stuff this time round. I was going to be all messy play and […]
Saying his name.
The thing about grief is… The thing about grief… The thing is… It’s never over. That’s old, an old and hardly illuminating observation. Some days I’m almost there. Some days I’m in hiding. Some days I find I’ve absorbed the status quo so well that I almost believe that I, like everyone else in this […]
Busy times.
The summer holidays are nearly over and before you know it, they’ll all be back at school again. It feels like it has been a packed holiday. Last week in particular was crammed with ‘stuff’. We went to visit my sister for the day because (aside from wanting to see them!) Fran had to go […]
The boy, the bed & the bedroom.
After 2.5 years, give it take the few cot months before the chest infections, this happened at nap time today. He’s co slept almost his whole life he naps on a mat at nursery but here he feeds to sleep and sleeps in our bed. Mostly he sleeps through if he has daddy for company; […]
A Pox on the House.
Poor old Bene has been suffering from Chicken Pox this week. I say suffering, but in fact he’s been remarkably well with it really; we thought we were going to get it a few weeks ago when my nephew was here for a day the day before he went dotty but he missed it then, […]
A good day.
It’s not often that a trip to Milton Keynes and an ill prepared exam equal a good day. Today they did. Today I met up with a friend and the woman she will marry soon to pick my best woman dress. And I fitted into dresses without whimpering and picked from two that looked lovely […]
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