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Brownies

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Well, as we didn’t get out today to enjoy the sunshine, due to an excruciatingly painful left leg and pelvis, we decided to make the best of the afternoon and make some brownies.

We were only using packet mix, as it was Thomas’ first experiment in the kitchen, so it wasn’t long before we were ready [...]

ailments

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Sorry I haven’t written for so long, have just been feeling too poorly. I’ve also been meaning to catch up on tons of emails – there are so many people I want to write to, and in fact my “drafts” folder is filling up with started emails. I hope I get to do [...]

How to make Thomas angry…

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

1. go inside
2. end a telephone conversation.

“kids say the funniest things…”

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Well, ok, so he’s not actually talking yet, but he did do something funny: at lunch we were asking him where various things were around the kitchen, the oven, whiteboard, washing-machine etc etc, and Thomas would point at them. When we asked where the dishwasher was, he pointed at his dad!

Rebel Child

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Our son is already rebelling against us – at 15 months! He is just so tidy! We do everything we can to be messy, but he refuses to comply!

Yesterday, he did something new, whereby he opened his little box of odds and ends, and started putting his magnetic letters very carefully on the metal [...]

Thankyou! + book update

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Just wanted to record all the signs Thomas can do – each week he seems to add another handful (excuse the pun).

Today he signed “Thankyou” when I thanked him for turning the light on for me! He also does “banana” and “mouse”. He has also done “sun” and “cat” but not very convincingly, [...]

Snow and waterproofs…

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Here are some pics of Thomas in his waterproofs (ebay bargain of course).
Thomas in Yellow with Blue Wellies