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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything
This little boy has found the answer to every question … believe it or not.
Little m (so not to be confused with our eldest daughter M … hmm, I’ll have to work out some consistent system of naming our children while at the same time protecting their privacy, so until I figure out something really [...]
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
40km in 3 days
Not having a car has it’s ups and downs.
Living right next door to Europe’s largest skating path (which is also open to bike riders) is one of the good sides of being confined to bikes.
Little E is not to be deterred. She was back on her bike in full shape and rode with us for [...]
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
fat lip
poor E had a bike accident this week.
She’s been doing incredibly well riding her big bike without training wheels and all but I guess accidents are part of learning.
Well the little girl wanted to scratch herself and forgot that she hadn’t learned to ride one-handed so she just crashed straight into the wall that was [...]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
the strange conversations
… we have at the dinner table.
Michael said to E: “Please eat up your dessert … ahhmm I mean salad.”
E in response combined with big giggles: “Daddy said “dessert” to my salad.”
M getting involved: “Why did you say “dessert” to her salad?”
Michael: “No, I called her salad “dessert” and said it to E …(under his [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Reviving my blog for a good cause
Recently, I was contacted by an organisation called International Medical Corps (also known as IMC) asking me to support a project of theirs. At first I was very sceptical with so much fraudulent emails around and people promising the unachievable. But after a bit of research on my part (like most people would these days [...]
