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Amazing how time flies, but Arthur has his 4th birthday tomorrow. We’re throwing him a party at the Fun Barn, a kiddie play area where he and his friends can burn off all the energy they want to, followed by some grub and cake. We sent out all the party invitations when we got back [...]

Image via Wikipedia It’s impressive to see how good Arthur’s reading is becoming. He’s currently working his way through the Peter and Jane series on Ladybird and seems to really enjoy reading them. He’s also reading the occasional word in stories that we’re reading him, just to try and get he reading that little bit [...]

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend and although we have Sunday lunch all planned out, we still need to make our cards and more importantly a gift. There’s loads of options available, but I know Camille prefers something hand made to something bought in the shop (guess I won’t be buying her eye cream again). So [...]

We had a party today which was held and a local gymnasium and it was great to see Arthur playing around, jumping all over the place and running all over. He had a whale of a time and we’re going to see if we can get him in there on a more regular basis. It [...]

Camille and I were away from home a few days last week, visiting a hospital in Leeds for a Frozen Embryo Transfer. You see, when Arthur was born, we had a number of other embryos that were frozen for a later cycle and we’ve decided to try again. We defrosted 4 embryos and the best [...]

We had an excellent Christmas day with loads of great food, great gifts and great company. Camille tried some new things, her mince pies were amazing, her Xmas cake fabulous and the turkey this year was really juicy and tasty. Her mince pies had nuts in them and they were just amazing. Would recommend anyone [...]

We went out and bought a Christmas tree this weekend, then spent yesterday evening setting it up. I might get a few photos up if I have a chance to upload them, but it’s great that the house is starting to feel all Christmasy. We took q few photos of the tree in various stages [...]

I was looking at the MEGA Brands website trying to get some ideas on what I can get Arthur for Christmas and they have such a massive selection of great toys that I went a bit mad. It’s just that there are loads of toys that I want to buy him, mainly so that I’ll [...]

Well, Christmas is just round the corner (well, close enough), so I’ve been keeping my eyes open for different ideas as to what we can get him. One idea I came across whas that of personalized books just like the ones down at Frecklebox. You get get ones with all sort of different things in [...]

Well, autumn seems to be setting in, but we managed to get some outdoor time last weekend as we had some summer sun to end the season with. We went for a picnic on Saturday and had a great time at Tynwald National Park. We fed the ducks, played with Arthur‘s ball, climbed a hill, [...]