Category Archives: Hilary

Harry and his cupboard

If you lose sight of Harry at the moment, he’s almost certain to be at ‘his’ cupboard.  This is a place of tranquility and meditation for him, a corner of the house where he can relax, be at one withRead the Rest »

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Tidying for the Queen.

It seems to have been ages since we last saw Andy and Leah (now with Freddie) so this weekend was a lovely chance to catch up on all the news from Sherbourne.  They came around and joined up with theRead the Rest »

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School Carnival time

Today was school carnival day at The Priory School and the children were allowed to dress in whatever clothes they wanted.  Ollie knew straight away – he wanted to be a dragon.  This was a lovely idea that we supportedRead the Rest »

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Sam’s birthday party

Sam shared his birthday party with his friend, Jude, this year.  We booked out the boy’s school hall and Jude’s parents managed to secure a bouncy castle that filled the entire thing!!  As usual, it was ‘an occasion’ and soRead the Rest »

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Hilary’s Birthday

One of the joys of marrying Hilary is that as soon as we have completed Christmas and all of the festivities that are contained within such an occasion, we can get straight onto worrying about suitable presents again because sheRead the Rest »

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Difficult day

Archie has now been back in hospital for a week and a half.  At first his condition followed the path that was described to us that he would likely get worse over the first couple of days but then hisRead the Rest »

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Bronchialitis

Last night, just as the snow began to fall, Archie was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties.  He had been snuffling and showing signs of difficulties over the last two nights, but more significantly the last night, and so weRead the Rest »

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The ‘Joseph’ Rug

Hilary went to IKEA yesterday and came back with this innocuous little fluffy sheepskin rug.  For Archie.  None of the other brothers got a rug like this one when they were little…. It reminded me of the story of JosephRead the Rest »

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Christmas is coming!!

As you will all appreciate, we are now into one of the best months of the year, and potentially the most stressful…… With presents to sort out, decorations to put up, turkeys to prepare, stockings to hang and advent calendarsRead the Rest »

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Rebecca Adlington eat your heart out…..

  So we spent a good three hours yesterday waiting for the big event – the 25m Breast stroke.  Jamie was very excited and despite the fact that he did a ‘screw kick’ for part of the race the veryRead the Rest »

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The write stuff…

School has returned again to the usual cycle of week followed by weekend.  It is amazing how quickly time passes by and things like the summer holiday fade away into the past.  We are now firmly in the routine andRead the Rest »

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Sam’s first set of wheels

So he started off lying on his back. Then he crawled.  Later he began to walk.  Today the horizon became that little bit closer for Sam as he got his first set of wheels.  Well, to be more accurate, heRead the Rest »

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