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Baba Visits

Baba arrived for an extended stay.
Update: she’s already having lots of fun playing with the boys on the Meadow.

I Don’t Want To Go To School

It was bound to happen at some point.  It happened today.  Just 5 months after his first day at school.
Tolii said, “I don’t want to go to school.”
His reason was that he doesn’t like going to the Year R class to play “because they are too small” (he’s in a split Year R/Year 1 class).  [...]

Brrrr Bournemouth Beach

We awoke this new year’s day to the sound of crash-bang-ring.  It was Snape.  He had jumped up onto the top of the boys’ dresser not thinking silly things like mini-Christmas trees would be up top.  That tree tipped over, which knocked the San Francisco cable-car bell souvenir which pushed the remote control thermostat for [...]

Head-Banger Christmas

Well, it was a Christmas day to remember. It all started out okay – although Katya and I felt a little bit under the weather.  But this was nothing compared to what was to come…
Tolii got up early, or more like his normal early time, so that he could see if Santa truly had [...]

Bouncy Horse Riding Around Whitchurch

What a frosty day for a Sunday ride about the town…in a sleigh (okay, okay, it had wheels).
First though, our boys had to help out getting the horses ready. Penny and Heather keep their horses and ponies in the field beside The Weir, here in Whitchurch. They brought along plenty of brushes (and [...]