Toothy pegs big and small

Anya and I play “Who has more teeth?” I think I win. Imagine the even greater degree of victory I’d have had if I hadn’t had a dental altercation with the metal bar of a seesaw as a kid. I remember going over the handle, I remember my friend being worried I’d broken my glasses [...]

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Two little bandits

Anya and Lily sort of standing up, with minimal leaning on the sofa and a lot of applause – from both themselves and their audience.

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Boxing Day II

John, Sam, Anya and Lily came to visit for Boxing Day II on the 27th and the twins outdid us all in their festive outfits, with beautiful red dresses and white fur bolero jackets. It rather made me miss my years of having party dresses to wear. The girls have always had very strong legs [...]

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7 Days: Day 7 – The third day of Christmas

Last day, folks! It’s been another great week and thank you all for playing along. My Day 7 contribution is a joint John/Sarah effort, as John’s is today. John’s holding the camera and you’ll see me with its remote, which is many times the size of the one for my D80, crouching by the girls’ [...]

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7 Days: Day 6 – It wasn’t me

We are at my aunt and uncle’s today for Boxing Day … and of course, being my cousin, Russ is here too. The outside tree is beautifully covered in lights and so I went out to admire them and take my picture. Not long after I returned indoors, Dad noticed that a swathe of lights [...]

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13/30: Birthday – part deux

Today is not only birthday time for Ray and Nina, but also birthday part deux for me with a visit to John, Sam and the little bundles of squidge – who are really not so little any more, but are still very squidgy. After a morning spent in my dressing gown (which I never do), [...]

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Feeding time at the zoo

Anya and Lily are moving onto solids – well, mushy solids – now, eating a variety of mushed up things and baby rice. When we visited them a week and a half ago, they chowed down on pureed carrots with great gusto. The kind of gusto that spreads said puree across their fat cheeks and [...]

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