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Pancakes, or How Tolii Lost His First Tooth

We had delicious pancakes for lunch today.  There’s all kinds of tasty things we spread and put on them before rolling them up (for they are quite thin) and eating them.
My favourite is the ‘yoghurt goo’, which consists of Greek yoghurt, prunes, bananas, strawberries and nuts (or seeds) mashed together in a food processor.
Tosha enjoyed [...]

Sleeping like teenagers

We try ever so hard to get our boys to bed at a half-decent time so that they get a good night’s sleep and wake up refreshed and in time to get ready for school.
Mostly we’re successful.  But what with the excitment of listening to just one more chapter of Harry Potter, or bouncing on [...]

Olympics, here I come!

Today Mr Tolii got his first (we hope it is just the first!) medal: a Silver on the Hampshire Recreational Gymnastics Competition, Year 1.  Tosha, being Year R, was not allowed to join the competition (yet).
So the super task for a 6 year old was to perform a jump and then a routine of 9 [...]

Tolii and Harry Potter: One month later

So we are one month into our latest Harry Potter saga: Steven Fry and the iPod were working very hard to meet Tolii’s demands for “one more chapter”!
Tolii was listening to it in the bath, during walks, in the car, and in mummy’s and Daddy’s bed when Tosha was already asleep.
We hoped Tolii would not [...]

Tolii's 6th Birthday Party

So, how can we top Tosha’s very enjoyable 4th birthday party?
Firstly, make the bonfire even bigger by recruiting more people to scavenge (and chop!) wood.  Thankfully, some responsible parents had the forethought to bring their own saws.  No kidding.  We’re forming a reputation here!