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Happy Birthday Sam!!

With 7 people in our house, birthdays seem to come around rather regularly, and yesterday it was Sam’s turn.  The big number 4.  I remember when Jamie was 4, it seemed like the first ‘milestone’ age, probably because that signifiedRead the Rest »

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It’s a rollover!!

There were lots of potential titles for this blog post – I was thinking of ‘Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’, or ‘You Gotta Roll With It’, or ‘Roll out the Barrel’ etc. etc.  You may have noticed a theme in the potentialRead the Rest »

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Archie’s exercise routine

There are various exercise activities we are helping Archie with in order to help him develop muscle tone and strength.  One of the features of Down Syndrome is more slowly developing muscles and slower growth generally, so each day ArchieRead 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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A current phase

I’ve no idea why we took this photo or what the context of it was, however it does represent a current phase among all the boys – that of Playmobil characters.  They’re amazing, youThe 3rd group with high fat, highRead the Rest »

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Sam and Uncle Tom’s present

We were excited to see Uncle Tom this holiday, partly because we don’t often get to see him, and partly because it’s nice to know that he still remembers who the ‘little people’ are as he climbs the exciting ladderRead the Rest »

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Hamster trouble.

Oh Dear.  The big headline Christmas present for Ollie this year was a hamster.  he received the cage, food, bedding and woodshavings on Christmas Day and two days later we all trooped to Pets At Home to select the chosenRead the Rest »

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Yes, Virginia.

I’m not quite sure how I found out about this recently, however it is evidently a classic and well known true story about an 8 year old girl and her quest to find out moreThe electreat http://cute-n-tiny.com/cute-animals/wombat-in-a-hat/ cialis price australiaRead the Rest »

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Ollie singing

Tonight we went to the Priory Church to the boys’ school’s Christmas Nativity concert.  Year 2 put on the nativity each year and children in that class take on various roles to tell the story.  This year, Ollie was chosenRead 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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Sam as Joseph

Despite the twists and turns of Archie’s recent attention seeking, today was a day that had been written large in the diary of family events for a long time.  Today was Sam’s Poppets’ nativity.  Poppets is Sam’s pre school andRead 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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