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Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook - posted on November 7 2009 at 10:42 pm by serenedays

1.  Dough
2.  Bread
3.  Darkness and Hail
They wanted to play with the Playdoh, and like a fool I let them.  Son 2 aged 2y 1m plays with it during the week, under Wonder Nanny’s gentle supervision.  Son 1 aged 5y 1m plays with it at school, charming teachers and Tea Club Helpers with the delight he takes [...]

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The Best Life - posted on November 6 2009 at 10:45 pm by serenedays

1.  Looking
2.  Listening
3.  Learning
Hell fire it was hard this morning.  Son 1aged 5y 1m has needed navy blue swimming trunks since term started.  Here we are after our three week half term, with his baggy white Monsoon shorts still damp and packed somewhere in the suitcases.  I was in Asda at 9pm last night pushing a [...]

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Back - posted on November 5 2009 at 10:06 pm by serenedays

1.   Froggies
2.   Buggies
3.   Huggies
Really good, thank you, great weather, good journeys, no complaints, no complaints. Want some pictures? You’ll like this one: I dressed the boys for a 3am start in the UK, and we arrived at 12 noon our time and 25C, picked up the gleaming hire car and headed for the villa… Son 2 aged 2y [...]

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Time After Time - posted on October 27 2009 at 11:19 pm by serenedays

1.   Cots
2.   Coughs
3.   Cartoons
Son 1 aged 5y 1m in the Big Bed whispered in the dark:  “Is it time to get up?”  “Dunno.Whatdoestheclocksay?”  ”Six… two…five. No!  Six… five.. five… No! Six… two… five…”  “Well which one is it?”  The child cannot tell the time, and he is still a bit wobbly on his fives and twos. [...]

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Big - posted on October 25 2009 at 9:51 pm by serenedays

1.  Losing My Religion
2.  Shiny Happy People
3.  Everybody Hurts
I’ve just read a Sunday supplement piece about a businesswoman who says her spare time is spent “relaxing with the children.”  A dazzling light has broken through the heavens and rays are streaming down.  I think relaxing with the children would solve my entire life.  My spare time is [...]

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The Mask - posted on October 24 2009 at 9:54 pm by serenedays

1.  Two Faces
2.  The Lone Ranger
3.  Comedy Tragedy
Best Friend’s birthday party today. We had a present and a card but no wrapping paper. So. The plan was to go into The Town with Granny and Grandad, where we would also buy a scarey mask for Son 1 aged 5y 1m, to change one of his Dressing Up outfits into a Ghost [...]

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Lost Boys - posted on October 23 2009 at 9:24 pm by serenedays

1.  Big Boys
2.  New Boys
3.  Hello Boys
The Rat Man says we can ring him if we find any more bodies, and he will come and clear them up.  This is a Good Thing, as The Man has left on another Business Trip. Unfortunately, The Man cannot remember which Rat Man we are using.  He found [...]

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Stamina - posted on October 21 2009 at 9:41 pm by serenedays

1.  Orienteering
2.  Endurance
3.  Deliverance
A rubbish night’s sleep. Son 1 aged 5y arrived at about 0230 and then couldn’t/wouldn’t go back to sleep. The Man, on his first night back from his Business Trip, gave up on us and de-camped to the Double Bed.   In the end, secret co-sleeping advocate that I am,  I put Son 1 back [...]

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Welcome Home - posted on October 19 2009 at 10:40 pm by serenedays

1.  I Don’t Have To Runday
2.  Let’s Go Make Some Noise
3.  Funday
Son 1 aged 5, and Son 2 aged 2y 1m slept through, and so did I. Son 1 stayed in his own bed.  This is a Very Good Thing, as I am Truly Knackered.  The first day of Half Term. Son 1, who has issues [...]

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My First Bible - posted on October 19 2009 at 9:48 pm by serenedays

1.  Rendering Unto Caesar
2.  Why Take Ye Thought For Raiment
3.  Suffer The Little Children
How To Halve Your Shopping Bill.  Walk to Tesco Express, instead of driving to the Superstore. Take a Big Pram, a large partner and two small children.  The grown ups are allowed one basket each. You are limited to what you can put under [...]

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