Archive of 2006 August
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
on August 21st, 2006 in General by Dan | Comments OffThere are three different classrooms at Amy’s nursery, the baby room, the toddler room (or tobbler room as Amy calls it), and the big room. I’m not working today but I’ve still taken her to nursery as she’s going to be spending some time in the big room in preparation…
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No you get out of town!
on August 21st, 2006 in Uncategorized by Dan | Comments OffTo help Dora climb, you gotta say subida. Can you say subida?
on August 19th, 2006 in General by Dan | 1 CommentRecently Amy’s cartoon of choice has switched from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast to Dora the Explorer. As is the case with many converts she has become almost fanatical about her new allegiance. I had a particularly bad night’s sleep on Tuesday, and so Wednesday was spent trying to mask…
Continue reading...Our daughter, the Emo kid
on August 17th, 2006 in General by Kerry | 1 CommentI got an instruction this lunchtime that I needed to find some pink hair dye, as a certain Daddy made a promise to a certain daughter in the middle of the night. What have we started? Amy really liked having her hair dyed and I enjoyed doing it too (once…
Continue reading...3:33am – 6:30am, 17/08/06
on August 17th, 2006 in General by Dan | 1 CommentKerry and I have been operating on Defcon 4 over recent nights. Officially a state of peace was in situ but we we’ve been working under heightened intelligence and increased security due to Amy’s recent episode of croup and her general poor sleeping. I took an executive decision to upgrade…
Continue reading...Nocternal negotiations
on August 15th, 2006 in General by Dan | 1 CommentAmy’s been having some pretty unsettled nights recently. Originally we thought it was because of the heat, but it’s been pretty miserable weather round here lately and she’s still waking up a couple of times a night. She’s also not been too well, suffering from a bit of croup, so…
Continue reading...Caught red handed
on August 15th, 2006 in Uncategorized by Dan | 1 CommentTwizlers – a postmodern deconstruction and review
on August 14th, 2006 in General by Dan | 12 CommentsAs you probably know, last month we received a food parcel from Greg and Deb giving us a taster of the kinds of food that could be found in their pantry. At the risk of alienating both the Lee family and the entire of the USA this is what we…
Continue reading...Victory is mine
on August 12th, 2006 in General by Dan | Comments OffToday I won my first ever poker game. It wasn’t the first game I’ve ever played, not by a long shot, but I’m pretty certain it was the first one I’ve won. I’m not a good poker player; my short attention span is usually my downfall. I bet sensibly for…
Continue reading...Practically perfect, yet slightly irritating
on August 8th, 2006 in General by Dan | 2 CommentsOne of the presents that Amy received for her second birthday was a Mary Poppins DVD. In the subsequent ten months since that fateful day I have watched that bloody film so many times that I recite the script in my sleep. In a desperate bid to gain some respite…
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