Head for the Hills

Edie has started reading stories to Jude. This is happening a lot in the mornings, and means they are happy in their bedroom for a good hour after they wake up. Brilliant. More sleep for us! It won't take long until she starts using it as a delaying tactic for bed-time. Tonight I have happy, [...]

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In an attempt to post for the first time in months, I sat down at my laptop, relaxed in the knowledge that the kids were playing happily outside. It's now an hour later and I've just spent that time out in the back yard, hunting for Po, who was been lost by Jude. I have [...]

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This is the advice I’ve given others when they know they need to write but just don’t know where to start…write anything, it’ll sort itself out once you get started, and you can always scrap it if you’re not happy. But chances are it’ll be fine. So I’m just going to write anything tonight. I [...]

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I’ve been away from my computer a lot lately, so I apologise to Maddy for taking so long to resond to the meme she tagged me with almost a month ago. I came across it again last night, and I keep getting stumped on the first question: What was I doing ten years ago? Well, [...]

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Jude has started going to preschool on his own once a fortnight. This way we have some extra time with Edie on her own, before she starts school next year, and Jude gets used to not having his sister around at preschool. He’s done it once so far, and it all seemed to go pretty [...]

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Jude is at the age where he is prone to fits of pique. Not actual tantrums per se, but moments of extreme frustration and irritation, almost always caused by an unintentional – and generally well-meaning – slight to his universe. In today’s case, it was me slipping a Boo-Bah toy (zing-zing-zing-bah perhaps?) through the roof [...]

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It’s been raining a lot lately. I love rainy days, and although I’ve been dreading this public holiday, now that we’re into it I’m realising it’s actually OK to have a day hanging out at home. Enforced relaxation, I guess. So, why was I dreading the public holiday? Well, I actually really like the way [...]

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Since it’s mid-year (well, almost), I think it’s time to check in on the goals I set at the start of the year, to see how I’m tracking. It’s been a challenging year so far, but I knew it was going to be like that. I have pretty much finished up with my work at [...]

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Although I haven’t got much to say, I’m thinking: If I don’t say anything, I’ll never say anything; and so I need to post whatever comes out. The last post was interrupted, I was going to write about the kids’ birthday party, over a month ago now, and about them growing older. They just grow [...]

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