From 33C in Toronto to 8C in London. Its “Global Freezing” here. It was so great to give my kids a big hug after returning from my Canada trip. And boy, one does notice their very Hampshire, English accent after being surrounded by Canadian kids for a few days!
We bundled up and [...]

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Andrew is back from a brief trip to Canada for the 25th anniversary reunion of the Ontario Science Centre’s Science School (OSCSS). Its been 20 years since Andrew went to the school for half of his grade 13 credits before heading off to university.
First, there was a party at Chia Chia and Graham’s house.
Then [...]

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Andrew is in Canada for a reunion of the alumni that went to the Ontario Science Centre Science School. Today, he visited his dad. And discovered the basement full of his old toys…oh, dear. There’s boxes of stuff, including Tonka (metal) toys, and tons of record albums. Off to eBay…
It was [...]

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Last October we bought a new kitchen from Ikea. Today the fourth (or was it fifth?) counter top was finally installed. Ikea screwed up most bits of the process in various ways - and for the counter top in many, repeated ways.
It does all look marvelous at last, though!

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We headed to Hillier Gardens in Romsey to enjoy the nice weather and explore these great gardens. Our last visit was a year ago, wow!
Many of the sculptures for the “Art In The Garden 2007″ show were already in place (it officially opens next weekend). What a treat!
The favourite sculpture by far was [...]

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And another milestone…Tosha sat in a big chair instead of his high chair at dinner tonight. He used spoons (big and small) to eat his meatballs, broccoli and rice. The chair needed a good wipe afterwards, though.

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Another day, another milestone or two. After lunch, mummy went hunting for the chocolate cookies to give to Tolii since he ate all his food.
Daddy whispered to Tolli, “Daddy ate the cookies a week ago…sorry Tolii. But, shh!, don’t tell mummy!”.
When mummy came back to the table…you guessed it, Tolii said, [...]

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Tolii is pretending to be “Roary” the racing car (its a new kids show). Tosha is letting Tolii win…

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At today’s swim lesson, Tolii actually swam for real. He moved his arms around in circles, kept his head looking down at the bottom of the pool, then tilted his head side to side as his arms went around and kicked his legs.
He may have swam a bit wobbly but he got from the [...]

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On 8 May, Tosha abandoned his crib for good - now he spends his nights on the bottom bunk. That is after he has a good tussle with Tolii on the top bed.

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Daddy’s birthday was celebrated in top-notch style!
All day, mummy and daddy did some renovations on the front room.
Then, a wonderful dinner and cheese cake was shared by all!

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Nothin’ like getting them addicted early.

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Some parents remember the first words. Some remember the first step.
Daddy remembers that on 6 May 2007 Tolii went to McDonald’s.
We didn’t mean to.
Tolii had just finished a fun morning at JJ’s and we were planning to go to the Spruce Goose pub at Basingstoke’s leisure centre.
For the second time in a row, they [...]

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What a great day was had by everyone at our Sporty Fun Day in the Millennium Meadow!
There was a 3-legged race, an onion race, a relay race, a tug-of-war and a sack race. There was also several impromptu races like the thumb-spin race!
Everyone seemed to have won at least one race - so there [...]

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Tolii: What’s that?
Daddy: My wedding ring
Tolii: Why are you dead?
Daddy: I’m not dead.
Tolii: What makes you die?
Daddy: When you get old.
Tolii: And when you get married.

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