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365 pictures: 41 – 50

February has been a funny month. We’ve had the worst snow of the winter (round these parts anyway) which lasted less than a day, but we’ve also had a few warmer spell which hinted that spring is on its...

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Do you remember the time?

Every so often, my kids do something that stuns me. And more often than not it’s got something to do with their powers of recollection. Saturday was one of those moments. Whilst explaining to Heather...

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365 pictures: 51-60

The nights are getting lighter, and it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring. And that’s reflected in this latest batch of pictures, which feature beautiful blue skies, pretty sunsets and daffodils....

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Review: Chuckle Monster

In case you hadn’t realised, it’s Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. And as father of two under-fives, it’s my responsibility to organise a special day for Mummy. Now, this isn’t an area in which I have...

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Somewhere over the rainbow (cake)

Megan turned 2 last week, and we celebrated it like we’ve never celebrated before. Which wasn’t as difficult as it might sound, since her first birthday was never “properly” marked – a double whammy of...

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365 pictures: 61 – 70

Time for a massively overdue catch-up – today is, astonishingly, the 79th day of 2013! – so I’ll keep this introduction short, and let the pictures do the talking. 61. Bike Ride A beautiful spring day...

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I got your name tattooed inside of my arm

Last night Gem and I went to see The Gaslight Anthem at Glasgow’s O2 Academy. The girls, meanwhile, went to Grandma and Grandpa’s for a sleepover, something they absolutely adore. That doesn’t stop...

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365 pictures: 71 – 80

My last 365 pictures update featured a rather spectacular birthday cake. This one starts with the birthday itself and features kids, food, and crafty stuff. Which pretty much sums up life chez ours. No...

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365 pictures: 81 – 90

We visited Gem’s mum in Welby over Easter, then had the rest of last week off work. Apparently that meant taking time off posting daily photos as well, because I had to do a mammoth catch up today....

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365 pictures: 91 – 100

100 days? Really? Where is this year going? I’m not sure, but I do know it’s heading there at high speed. This installment features more holiday pictures and another birthday – March and April seem to...

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You gotta roll with it

Megan’s got a new skill which, as you can see in the above video, she loves showing off: she can now do forward rolls. Now, I don’t want to seem overproud, but I think this is quite the skill for …...

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You can’t always get what you want

Ever since Heather was a baby, I’ve been her favourite. When she hurt herself, it was me she looked to first for comfort. And when it came to bedtime, she always preferred being tucked in and read a...

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365 pictures: 101 – 110

You’d think that this far into the year, taking and posting a picture a day would have become second nature. Not so, in fact, there have been quite a few missed days of late. I’ve kept going though,...

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You know my name

I’ve written a couple of times about Megan’s ever improving speech and ever growing vocabulary, and how amazing it is to watch. So it seems strange to now be writing about how the same thing has made...

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I want to ride my bicycle

It’s fair to say that most people aren’t fond of change, especially when that change has been forced rather than chosen. That’s about to be the case for me, as it looks like my car-sharer and...

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Everything changes

It doesn’t feel like almost four weeks since we took the side off of Megan’s cot, and yet it totally is – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun! Not that it’s been all fun of course, but I’m pleased...

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Sponsored Post: BakingMad.com

Anyone who knows us knows that amazing things come out of our kitchen with amazing regularity. Rarely are these wonderful creations my doing, I should point out, for I am married to a veritable...

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It’s the end of the world as we know it

I’ve been writing a lot recently about changes, and today one of those changes actually happened: it was Heather’s last ever day at nursery. Sadly we weren’t there for this momentous occasion, but both...

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Paint your pallette blue and grey

Like most kids her age, Heather loves to draw and paint. And cut, and stick, and shape, and mould and… it’s fair to say that if they do it on Art Attack or Mister Maker Heather wants to do it …...

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Summer Break: Ee-I-Ee-I-Oh

When I first met Gem, she lived hundreds of miles from where she does now, which was rubbish in all sorts of ways (we spent a LOT of time on the phone!). That long distance relationship did have one...

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