Archive for the 'Family' Category

Two, knackered

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

So how would you expect two people (who, I remind you, haven’t had a normal night’s sleep for seven weeks, have been fighting off some malicious virus for five days, are responsible for two very small kiddies on a minute-by-minute basis and are just getting into the swing of being a family of four without […]

Playing catch

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Seems a lot of people are playing catch today. Hundreds of police playing catch all over London (very, very well I might add); an as-yet unidentified (and now dead) victim of a game of catch between his Cessna and the lawn of the Reichstag; and, most importantly, Josie learning to play catch in our back […]

Goodbye Heather

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

For all the bad press they get mothers-in-law are pretty amazing creatures …

Deer, ducks, dogs and Midgleys

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

I found myself today, while walking through Richmond Park with Mark, Anne and Daniel (and the Three), noticing a perfectly ordinary thistle by the side of the path and thinking …

DON’T touch my potette

Monday, July 11th, 2005

No more tipping potties out seruptitiously under public benches – we have a potette! …

Kids, Cuddles and Kew

Saturday, July 9th, 2005

New pics in the gallery. Heather visited Kew to see the glass sculptures during the week with Phoe and Nin. Just one pic in the gallery – there are many more on Kew’s website. Phenomenal stuff … Everyone’s safely back home as of yesterday. The Three drove to Richmond to pick up Heather yesterday. Potty […]

We won!!!

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

I was crossing the Strand outside Pret having had a quiet sandwich with a friend when the Red Arrows rocketed overhead straight down Fleet Street towards Trafalgar Square …

Noisies resolved

Monday, July 4th, 2005

Gwyneth Paltrow provides clear guidance on managing noise sensitivity in the very young. Oddly enough tallies with the advice I was given …

Paranoia and the art of driving sideways

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

On the way home today we saw a car that must have been driven by very small people because the roof was so low they only had about an inch of window space to see through …

My favourite place in all the world

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005

This is my favourite place in all the world today. I’m sitting outside on the grass next to a roaring fire in what’s become a balmy summer evening …