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Norovirus: A Sword of Damocles

March 3, 2014 By Ellen

A plague has arrived. So far three of our number have succumbed. So pretty but you probably don’t want to get this close to norovirus First Boy Two was struck – in a very messy and noisy manner just after bed time. We put it down to too much junk food and the excitement of […]

279/365 Pic of the day – the awesome one

October 6, 2013 By Ellen

It was Supergran’s other half T’s significant birthday this week and so it was time for everyone to get together. In the words of T’s “favourite son”, who may or may not have had a beer or two: “I think it’s ace that this family comes together every couple of years and has a piss up. […]

220/365 What happens when your family increases by 40 per cent overnight

August 8, 2013 By Ellen

Or the post I wrote after the Boys came back. So there we were Boy Three, the Panther of News and I, getting along with life. We were missing the big Boys – away at their dad’s – but mostly we were coping. In fact, I had even begun to make some small headway on the […]

Snot funny – when kids’ eyes need a little TLC

August 2, 2013 By Ellen

REVIEW: When you get a new baby, one of the many things you’re supposed to learn is how to wash their eyes. If I remember rightly it was boil then cool freshly drawn tap water and use a new cotton wool ball for each eye as you gently wiped away the crusty stuff. That was […]

208/365 The Panther of News is man of the match

July 27, 2013 By Ellen

Quintessentially English – if we need a cliche for today, that would be it. Or at least it would have been if the Panther of News hadn’t caught a ball in a cricket match which afforded him hero status. Blushingly, he refused to talk about his blinding catch. Modest to the core. Suffice to […]

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