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Well, we’re back from our little Dutch getaway. A few months ago when we were talking about the holidays, we were trying to decide if it was worth going abroad. It’s stupidly hot and extremely expensive so we were leaning against it, but then a thought popped into my head about some old friends of… Read more
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Well, I’m sitting in a quiet pub next to a fan feeling a bit deflated. Four weeks in and I’m reaching my limit. I haven’t had more than a couple of hours away from River since the end of term and I’m finding it very draining. I was supposed to be going to my wonderful… Read more
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So, the holidays continue and a few bits and pieces have happened but I’ve decided to circle back because I know what you’re all really interested in. How is Legoland with River? Well, sit back, grab a cold glass of something and enjoy the rollercoaster that was. We were very fortunate to be given tickets… Read more
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It’s been an eventful couple of days and I thought I’d better write it down before my brain convinces me it’s all been awful. One of the reasons I started this blog was so I wouldn’t overthink things and believe every difficult week had been the worst one, but instead remember the joyous moments that… Read more
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The Crash After the High As I’ve said before, I tend to start out strong and then crash. This is a little trait I may have passed on to River because, after the high of our zoo trip, the rest of the week wasn’t quite such smooth sailing. Thursday arrived, and with it came a… Read more
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The Clubs That Aren’t There How did I ever write this blog every day last year? Summer declared on Monday night that she wanted to go to a camp, so a quick booking later meant she was off to art camp the next morning (with a questionable lunchbox). Which left just River and me. There’s… Read more
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Birthday Negotiations For those of you who’ve been reading from the beginning (thank you), you’ll know we’ve had an interesting relationship with birthdays. Last year, River refused to acknowledge his birthday. He wouldn’t let me say “Happy Birthday”, sing to him or even give him a cake. I was sad until I realised it wasn’t… Read more
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Hot. Really Hot. I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of June. Apparently I took a month off blogging without actually deciding to. Maybe I’m subconsciously gearing up for another 50 Days of River over the summer, where I’ll end up writing every day again… So, what’s been happening? Well, we’ve all been surviving. I… Read more
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A Heatwave and a Small Vampire Where to start? It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote and somehow we’ve already made it to another half-term. But this time there’s a heatwave. So no all-inclusive holiday for us. Well, it’s still all inclusive for the children, but that mostly involves me becoming Head Snack… Read more
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A successful trip to North London (mostly) Another week has flown by and my eye is all healed thankfully. We had a good weekend visiting friends in North London, although taking our children to a well organised, tidy and sophisticated home was a bit of a gamble. Luckily our friends were very patient but there… Read more
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