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 […]

Today Josie, my youngest and almost certainly my last child, is 21 months old. This is something of a landmark as by 21 months i’ve always already had, already been well pregnant with, or at the very least just conceived the next baby. So today i ought to be entering the month where i get […]

Must learn to breathe through nose when cycling :sick: However, we have also recently purchased a book version of said rhyme, which happens to be the same edition as the one we had when we were little. Amelie and i have been singing it and reading it lots and it has been a nice little […]