I’ve got a lot of things bombing around my head at the moment, all vying for equal attention. As I’ve mentioned in the previous post, I may (or may not) be coming up for grading soon in the martial art I’m learning. I’ve been doing some extra training to try and gain some [...]

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Today we have:

gone to the supermarket and bought magazines for us all (Toxic and a Star Wars magazine for the boys, New Scientist for me) and then they spent some of their pocket money on an Indiana Jones toy that was in the sale.
made a list of all the activities we’d like to do or [...]

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On top of still feeling wiped out from the recent cold-from-hell, I have been living in a war zone for the last week.
For some reason, sibling bickering between Akra Jr (eldest son) and Li’l Bhaji (youngest son) has escalated to epic proportions of late (presumably fuelled by end-of-term-itis). Akra Jr’s speciality is [...]

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Akra Jr decided to surprise us all on Saturday by having half of his face expand.
He’d been complaining of a sore gum for a couple of days before, but (as I couldn’t see any sign of inflammation or problems) we’d adopted a wait and see approach with the help of a little bonjela and reminding [...]

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The boys have obviously had an Internet Safety talk at school today. They’ve come home filled with excitement and wanting to email all their friends.
Also rather disturbingly, Akra Jr (who is only 8 years old) wanted to know when he could get his own computer and mobile phone.
Oh… I don’t know… how about Two [...]

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How much do you interfere when your kids have money to spend? Or, if you don’t have any children, how much did your parents interfere?
Whenever I take Akra Jr and Li’l Bhaji shopping to spend their pocket or birthday money, I really have to fight the desire to heckle. There is so much [...]

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… in a land far far away. Oh, okay, if you insist on boring fact… Croydon.
Where was I? Oh yes. Akra Jr is 8 years old today. EIGHT YEARS OLD! I don’t feel old enough to have an eight year old son.
Anyway, he’s as had as fun a day as [...]

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Is it just me, or is the expectation of family outings so much nicer than the reality?
I am sure that when I’m in my 50s, I’m going to look back at all the photographs I have of my smiling children out on spring-time walks, or on trips to the park and I’m going to have [...]

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My children have been gracious and generously shared their lurgy with me.
Last week, they kept me awake every night with their hacking coughs, raging temperatures, headaches and bad dreams.
This week it’s my turn to be ill, only they get to sleep through.
I call that blatantly unfair.

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Had another fabulous parents evening, this time with Akra Jr. His teacher said he was doing “excellently” (and she apparently uses that word very sparingly!)
His reading has gone up a couple of levels since he was tested at the end of year 2 (not a surprise given the amount of open books I clear [...]

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