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Seriously! He did this all by himself and was about to erase it when I took this photo.

Having Kids...

...means you get to do kid things again!





Baby Callie "watching."

First taste of cotton candy....

2 and a Half

2 1/2 is a fun age so far.

It's the age where he says things like...

"I'm going to go hide behind that tree over there!"

and

"I'm sneaking up on you!"

He is getting more and more confident every week. We can see a marked difference between today and just a few months ago - he can climb the ladders in the park by himself, negotiate tricky rope bridges without hand-holding, and is running at warp speed now.

A few photos from the Imperial War Museum last weekend:

At the controls of the submarine.

More submarine antics.

Big tank. Don't ask me what kind, I was too busy chasing after him to read about it.

Going through the air raid shelter.

Listening to air raid alarms.

Callie's wheels, compared to those of bygone days.


Watching WW2-era cartoons.


Text reads: The day will come when the joybells will ring again throughout Europe, and when victorious nations, masters not only of their foes but of themselves, will plan and build in justice, in tradition, and in freedom - Winston S. Churchill, Jan 20th, 1940.

Gadding about outside.

Today we took a long walk on the nearby common. Even though it was still chilly, the sun was out and made a noticeable difference. We all really enjoyed being outside.

Callie is growing.


And things in general, are going well. B and I celebrated our 4th anniversary this week :)

Haircut

Still behind on emails... sorry... I have a fair few in the Drafts folder half-finished and then I lose my train of thought and feel the need to start a new email altogether and then something crops up and...

Well, I'd better finish this post before it's too late!

E got a haircut on Friday. He went from mop-top...

...to this:

Callie is doing well. We had one bad night where both of us were roused at midnight and didn't really get any sleep after that, but fortunately that hasn't happened since. We think it was because she was sick. Now, however, she seems fine, and even quite smiley...

Today (Sunday) was a bit of a miserable day. We went to the Imperial War Museum but E goes downhill in the afternoons (lack of nap) so by the time we were back home we were all a bit snipy and run down.

Saturday, however...





Ok - picture overload, and it's bedtime for me.