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Archive for December, 2007

Season’s Greetings

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

So, this week has been very busy. Thomas and Ollie have had their respective 2 year and 8 months check-ups and all is well so far. I had a job interview today, which I think went pretty well, but I’m sitting here with crossed fingers until I hear from them. However, if [...]

Another Photo Post

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

So a few photos of what we’ve been up to lately.

Firstly here’s a photo of when our babysitters came over to allow us a night at the cinema, mentioned in Happy Hurdles:

Here are a few things that Ollie has been up to, which just goes to show, the simplest things make the best toys:

Also, here [...]

Thomas can

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Just yesterday I told Thomas that he wouldn’t be able to do a certain activity on his VTech Laptop, as he was too little, and today he can do it. The activity goes: “Remember the word and type in the letter!” A word is displayed on the screen, and then shown again with a [...]

language aquisition

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

So Thomas has moved up a stage in his speech. Apparently all kids begin speaking with correct grammar as they simply copy adults, but then when they start to think and rationalise the words, they try out words which seem logical but are incorrect like “I see’ed it” “I did bought it”. Well [...]

Happy hurdles!

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Well, some exciting things have happened lately. I’ve met someone at a toddler group who I like and hope to build a friendship with. On Thursday, Thomas was at his bedstemor & bedstefar’s for the night, so David stayed home with Ollie while I went to the pub by myself with a New [...]

Twins

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I have a friend in Tel Aviv who has twins, a boy and a girl, who have just had their 3rd birthday. It got me thinking a lot about siblings and the implications of twins, and just how different a person can be over 18 months in minute detail. What I mean is, [...]