We headed over to the Longstock Park Water Garden in Leckford after a busy morning (again) of football practice [Tosha kept busy by running around the huge field] {I don’t know why I like using different kinds of brackets for these asides}.
The water garden is owned and managed by Waitrose, of the grocery fame (in [...]

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Not even a hail storm could prevent our annual Easter Egg hunt from going ahead.
The eggs weren’t really egg-shaped: they were in the shape of bugs, chickens, bunnies and very big bunnies (all from Lidl).
We descended upon the Whitchurch Millennium Meadow for the event. There’s even more photos in our gallery.
There were lots of [...]

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Granny finally had the opportunity to take the boys bowling; It was one of their Christmas presents.
Tosha insisted on carrying the heavy balls himself - only once did he drop one; and that was probably because daddy was trying too hard to help him (which he made clear he did NOT want). Luckily it [...]

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Tolii and Tosha were invited to George’s 4th birthday party held at Andover’s Salto Centre, a gymnasium. They’ve been there before for other birthdays and absolutely love the place.
George and his family sure know how to throw a good party! There were lots of jumps and bounces and even a medal race (isn’t [...]

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This afternoon we were invited to a skating show at Basingstoke’s Planet Ice arena. The older sisters of Tosha’s best friend, Joshua, were performing in it.
It was probably the first “show” that either Tolii and Tosha had ever seen (and certainly the longest time they had to sit still!).
The first half had a few [...]

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Tolii and Tosha invited their friends to a fun afternoon of races at Whitchurch’s Millennium Meadow.  There were so many races, we think everyone must have won at least one!
Some races were just in straight lines (well, they were supposed to be); others were twisty-turny; and others were backwards and sideways!  There was even animal [...]

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Last Sunday, Tolii went to his first football practice. He’s still sorting out which way to kick the ball. But do watch out when he does kick it!

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Tolii is starting to get the hang of swimming! Here he is practicing the “windmill” during his Saturday morning lessons at St. Swithun’s School in Winchester.

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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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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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After swim lessons, Tolii and daddy stopped at the park nearby. After a good play and pee in the bushes (does he drink the entire contents of the pool?), we got back into the car to meet granny, who was shopping at Homebase.
Tolii asked how you drive a car.
“You take lessons from a professional [...]

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Today, Tolii swam the entire width of the pool by himself! Three times!
He kicked his feet and put his hands over his head while looking down into the water.
Watch out Olympics 2016!

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Mummy dressed Tosha up in the best waterproofs Germany makes before letting him loose on the gigantic puddles around town during today’s downpour.
Tosha was in heaven. Who needs swimming pools to make a boy happy? Well, Tolii, for one, but apart from him…
Tosha practically ran between puddles for fear of his boots drying [...]

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For about five weeks now, Tolii has been going to Judy Sporle Swimming lessons at St. Swithun’s School in Winchester on Saturday mornings. His classmates are Alice and Charlotte. He’s learned how to blow bubbles and float on his back. This Saturday, he clasped his hands together, straight up above his head [...]

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Tolii’s helicopter reached the top tier on his reward chart today. He was very helpful and especially well behaved in the car for our trip to Ikea in Bristol (we’re buying a kitchen!). As a reward, Tolii got a new rollerblade set with all the safety fixings.

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