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First footing – with the coal, a few useful nuggets

January 6, 2011 By Ellen

Finally, I’m back at my desk after what seems like a very long break. I feel I need to crack my mental knuckles before I get on with 2011 so here’s what I learned over New Year. A currant of Christmas Puddings keeps on flowing. This year we got given three. Two the Panther brought […]

Filed Under: Arnison Crag, back to school, boys, brother, Christmas, Cumbria, family, other things I have learned

August – blimey no wonder it felt busy

September 3, 2010 By Ellen

An August month indeed Things I learned in August: Edinburgh is probably too busy for comfort. We had a trip to Auld Reekie to see Super Sister (that’s her in the photo) and her family and take in some Culture. The culture in question was The Amazing Bubble Show. Boys One and Two stole the […]

Filed Under: books, brother, family, other things I have learned, schools., sister

Grammar, birthday blues and gang behaviour

August 25, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today Pic: It’s for you If one child is having fun winding me up, others will join him. Boy Three has already learned that joining in with his brothers’ high jinks is more fun than, for example, sitting nicely and eating supper. What I can’t find the answer to […]

Filed Under: birthday, boys, brother, grammar, parties, Things I've learned from my children., wordy wonders, writing

July – phew what a scorcher!

August 2, 2010 By Ellen

July began with a proper scorcher on our Turkish adventure, continued at a blistering pace with other travels and outings and skidded to a halt with a Significant anniversary. Here’s a little look at the things I’ve learned this month. The train really does take the strain. We flew the four and a half hours […]

Filed Under: brother, family, month, other things I have learned

hairy question, fairy tales and a growth spurt

March 16, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today. There isn’t a right time for a baby’s first haircut. Boy Three has quite a lot of hair and some of it is rather long. It’s not well distributed, however, the long bits are around the front and the back is short and fluffy. Some of the strands […]

Filed Under: brother, grief, growth, hair, things I learned from my children today

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