http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog "Indeed, babies and young children test their theories on the world around them like tiny scientists." Robert Winston. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:27:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog will remain here for as long as I can afford to pay the bill, but I've finally chosen a new one. Thanks for all your suggestions, though I opted finally for something more succinct than most offerings, and also a domain that was on special offer - ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=357 I'm not really here, as I wanted to start afresh. I'm still blogging like crazy, but only in text files at the moment, as we won't get broadband til 9th July. I'm stealing some unencrypted wireless to post this, but also still struggling with a name for ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=356 Just a quick post to say I'm just about to have my last supper in the UK for a while, though, a visit in December is being mooted. This last month has gone really fast, mostly because we spent it running around doing fun stuff with the kids. ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=355 No, I'm not referring to the Drum n' Bass track by Adam F, but the fact that Ollie has suddenly got into circles in a big way. He calls them 'Os'. Everything on the picture is his own work apart from the purple pen marks. [SWF]wp-content/photos/2009/06/olliecircles.swf, 352, 288[/SWF] http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=354 We have been very lucky with the weather this month - pretty much since I moved into mum and dad's it's been warm and sunny, so the boys have been outside most of the time. Today, we decided to have a barbecue, which was a lot of fun! http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=353 Yesterday, I walked past a pub where I'd spent my 21st birthday. I was suddenly filled with feelings of guilt when I realised what a horrifically long time ago it was...! All this moaning about how I'm too young to have to knuckle down and behave like a ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=352 A long long time ago I worked for Social Services taking kids out for fun days and stuff in the holidays. Somewhere in a dark dusty cupboard in my brain, I remembered a lovely place with a fantastic outdoor paddling pool where we had once taken some of the ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=350 As we are about to leave, we decided to rush around doing all the touristy things we wouldn't have bothered with otherwise. As I said to David, the most comfortable place to be a tourist is in your own patch. David and I managed to go clubbing thanks ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=351 I just had to write about this one: Thomas is bawling his eyes out with real tears, because his best friend, the only friend he really really really loves, has run away from him. Yes, Henry the woodlouse who he met 5 minutes ago, has decided the friendship was really ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=349 We are making the best of what feels a bit like a holiday, and of course having a willing extra pair of hands to help with extraordinary activities, so we made it to the beach. It wasn't the warmest day at the seaside I've ever had, but not the ... http://www.elisechohan.co.uk/blog/?p=348