Very exciting. The mixed leaf salad seedlings are now big enough to see from a distance 😉 and the carrots are showing their faces, as are the spinach beet. I checked the courgettes last night and found a little clod of earth lifting up so I removed it to find a little shoot trying to… Read More »
This is just a quick post to illustrate the sort of difficulties we have been having with Oscar. I’ll expand on it soon, as we’re making some changes with how we deal with his frustration and bad behaviour. Oscar was at Toddlers, playing on his own, building a castle out of Duplo blocks. Another toddler… Read More »
I found this on top of the soap dispenser in the toilet at work. I removed it, partly because I didn’t want to run the risk of the next visitor thinking I’d left it behind 😉 I thought about using it for a prank, or emailing the office mailing list to let whoever left it… Read More »
Ever since I started trying to get our garden into shape, I’ve been planning to have a small veggie patch. I dismantled the rotting shed earlier this year and then some more time passed and I started to build a raised bed. Some more time passed and I laid a small paving area for a… Read More »
I’m going to break the track again. I’m very cheeky!
I’ve been wanting to write this for a little while, but swine flu intervened… We’ve known Oscar is a little bit different for a while. His speech and comprehension are often jaw-dropping, but it’s difficult to be unbiased when you’re a parent. There are too many things that he does that are amazing, but going… Read More »
Seems like Hannah’s almost certainly got swine flu. She was up puking several times last night and has most of the expected symptoms. The NHS have taken the stance that containment isn’t working so they’re giving Tamiflu to anybody reporting symptoms. Hopefully the Tamiflu will help in a day or two. I’m hoping that Oscar… Read More »
Is this normal for a 2 year old? Normally, the fridge magnets are strewn across the front of the fridge, dishwasher and floor. Oscar obviously took issue with that..
We were up until 3 the night before last, with an Oscar who was refusing to sleep. He was being infuriating, but also unbearably cute. Some time after 2am, he sat up and said: “I’m not feeling very well. I need some Calpol, some Piriton and some Neurofen”. He’s 2 years and 4 months old… Read More »
I was in a local charity shop with Oscar the other evening, while Hannah was next door buying some groceries. Hannah has been wanting some kind of single volume encyclopedia to enhance her general knowledge and I found something pretty good; The Reader’s Digest Illustrated Dictionary of Essential Knowledge for £1.50. Thus armed, I wandered… Read More »