Author Archives: Jeremy

OCD at a young age

Jamie used to be like this, but Harry is now showing tendencies towards liking things to be in neat lines.  Here he is organising the tractors into neat traffic jams…. However, some effective tips are mentioned ahead that may preventRead the Rest »

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Here come the boys….!

Yesterday Hilary’s Mum and Dad came to see us with Auntie Heather and they brought with them an amazing present that Hilary’s cousins had made for the boys.  Bearing in mind that the first question anyone asks when you sayRead the Rest »

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Archie’s delightful demeanour

Out of all the boys, Archie has easily been the most pleasant as a baby.  He has pretty much slept through the night from day one, he watches the world go by without complaining (although he is attentive and followsRead 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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What’s going on in Egypt?

I’m trying to write a presentation for an interview I have to do tomorrow, but have been distracted by the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak’s speech to the nation (and the world) about whether he is going to stand down. IRead the Rest »

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Amazing local view

A few weeks ago I shared some of the images of my little tumble with my now ex-car on my way to work.  Well, that’s caused a few problems, I can tell you.  I am currently using Hilary’s car, theRead 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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‘Ollie, come and look at my balls….’

Out of the mouths of babes….  Well, 4 year olds at any rate.  On Tuesday night I returned home to find a highly excited Sam working away at a project with Granny-who-lives-up-the-big-hill.  Sam had spent his Christmas money on aRead the Rest »

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Auntie Jo’s Birthday treat for Jamie

Last weekend saw one of the most hotly anticipated events of the recent calendar for Jamie – it was the weekend where Auntie Jo, Uncle Jim and Gaz (who collectively seem to be an amorphous collegiate of Godparenting) fulfilled theirRead the Rest »

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Jamie Sport Billy

It’s 3.30pm on Saturday and I have literally just stopped taxi driving.  All of you who have children of a certain age will know what I mean, and we are just starting to find out just how much of yourRead the Rest »

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Boy of the week!

It’s fair to say that we are having an interesting time with Ollie and school at the moment.  There has definitely been an emotional reaction to the complications and routines disruption that occurred as a result of Archie’s stint inRead the Rest »

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Archie – the smile

We know that development is going to be slower with Archie than we are used to with the others, so we are looking forward to those big moments more than usual, I suppose.  In anything we have read that seemsRead the Rest »

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