God, it’s awful. These post-Christmas days. Which are very firmly NOT euphoric. But full of duties such as thank you letters, clearing up industrial quantities of wrapping paper and moulded plastic, and the odd regifting of the unwanted present. Oh, and dealing with broken flying Hamster.
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Archive for December, 2011
31.12.11
I feel like Miss Havisham
26.12.11
The joy of the perfect present
This picture is so perfect (apart from my thumb in shot) because it shows Lucien getting the present of his dreams – a John Lewis child’s electric guitar, but also his older bro rather sweetly showing it to him and ‘helping’ him unwrap it. Read more
23.12.11
Why we love Airfix
So here they are, Lucien’s two Airfix models. An MG car and a Eurofighter. Yes, I know the MG is lacking windscreen and lights, but we lost the specific bag with those elements. Read more
11.12.11
Haberdashery Heaven
So this is what we have been making all weekend. Yes I KNOW it’s already Advent and we are nearly two weeks in, but I just didn’t have time before…etc etc. So there we were, Honey and I, Read more
04.12.11
Frightening your child
When is it time to introduce your child to notions of the transience of life and inescapability of death? You could mutter about ‘death and taxes’ every January or July when the letter from the Inland Revenue arrives. Read more
03.12.11
Only children
I’m in Paris for the weekend with Honey. She’s doing her Kumon while I’m writing this blog. I know, the dreaded Kumon. But it only takes 10 minutes. Afterwards we are going skating on the Eiffel Tower. And then the zoo. And then a movie too. (Its all very Lou Reed, if you can forget the fact that he wrote Perfect Day about heroin. Allegedly.) We’ve escaped the rest of the family, and its just me and her. Wow! I can see why only children end up being masters of the universe. Read more
