Our Holiday

We went away to Wales on our family holiday recently. Very blowy and very wet but we still had superb… [more]

Our Holiday Our Holiday

Our Holiday

We went away to Wales on our family holiday recently. Very blowy and very wet but we still had superb fun. We stayed in one room and had a great time as a family. What I found interesting is Abi. She was actually very content and happy. It seemed to be related to us all [...]

Mia

I think it’s time to add the baby sister to the blog, she is 9 months now after all. She is greatly loved by big sis abi, often too much. She’s the only one Abi will willingly kiss and cuddle. She giggles and giggles at Abis antics and generally brings a great deal of joy [...]

Daddy’s naughty name

it’s John of course, the name John, opps sorry Rich uses to call people when he’s mucking about

chocolate sauce pan

Sorry long time no blog, abi has just said something which made me crease up. She asked for some ice cream and sauce pan please, for pudding. I guess its along the lines of when she wanted some dressing up on her salad

A Poem from my wife

There is a dear husband called Richard
Who loves playing the looney in pictures
He is loyal and true
and takes ages to poo
I love my dear husband called Richard
Anna Brown

cheek button

Abi was looking at my face this morning in a “you’ve got eyebrows” “you’ve got a big tounge”, I’ve got a little tounge” kind of way when she noticed the mole on my cheek for the first time. “You’ve got a cheek button” She said.

fashion diva

Abi’s been chosing her own clothes for a while now. Citing a preference for dresses or trousers and skirts. This week she has taken it up a notch. She is chosing her clothes out of her draws and then laying them on the floor in the order she wants them put on. She still wants [...]

She’s my Daughter

Those that have had children will know about sleepless nights and funny smelling nappies. But then they’ll also know about the unbelievable feeling you get when you hold your child for the first time and smell its skin and think this is about as good as life can get!
As a father, I know I will [...]

Ice Skating

Eden have had some special infants on ice mornings. After initial trepidation and wearing the wrong very slippery shoes Abi and her friend millie loved it.

such a monkey

I asked abi to stop doing something the other day, she kept going. So I asked her again. After the third time I moved her away so she could not do it any more. She retorted with “you’re such a monkey, mummy”.