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Madness At The Malting: November 2013
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Madness At The Malting. Friday, 1 November 2013. On Sunday 4th November, Robin, Niki, Adam, Emma and baby Heidi came down for the day. We had a lovely time together, and the boys had a great time all playing together. I'm not sure what they were doing exactly, but at one point they had barricaded up the living room door! Lucy with her cousin, Heidi. The next night was Bonfire Night. We didn't really do much for it, but the kids had some sparklers. In the afternoon, Lucy came with me on the school run to ...
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Madness At The Malting: September 2013
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Madness At The Malting. Saturday, 14 September 2013. 2nd and 3rd Weeks in France (August 2012). He was so happy with himself afterwards! It was just such a lovely afternoon. The kids playing happily and cycling up and down the lane, and me reading on the patio. This is not much of a picture, but for me it sums up complete contentment. It felt good to take a step back from life, and think about how to not get sucked back into the stress of recent life. We spent the afternoon in the garden. I cut the g...
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Madness At The Malting: January 2013
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Madness At The Malting. Friday, 18 January 2013. European Road Trip Day 5 - Venice (Sunday 3rd June). Today after a quick play in the garden, we set off for Venice, about 45 minutes away from Sarah and Mitch's. We drove across the bridge onto Venice (I liked the picture on the satnav! And parked in an underground car park near Piazza Roma. We were there by about 9.30am. The weather forecast was for rain showers, but I was so happy because it was partly hazy, partly blue skies all day! Harry looking out t...
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Madness At The Malting: Sequoia - 30th March
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Madness At The Malting. Thursday, 21 May 2015. Sequoia - 30th March. Our window-deficient car was fine in the morning, and we had a great breakfast at our hotel, with the kids making their own waffles. I had a lovely long shower in our gorgeous bathroom, then we packed up the car and headed to a nearby Walmart. I got a new laptop, Lucy got new make-up, stationary, and we managed to get a new blood test monitor and test strips. The test strips on the shelves cost up to $70 for a little box of 50! Took thi...
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Madness At The Malting: January 2015
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Madness At The Malting. Sunday, 25 January 2015. I was thinking this week was a quiet week, but actually we still seemed to fit a lot in! They just confirmed that he would indeed be starting treatment with them for his overcrowded teeth, and gave us an appointment to come back on Friday. I dropped Tom back at school for the afternoon. The kids and Scott have all just been getting on with their stuff as usual too, though Lucy has had four mock AS Level exams this week, which she has been pretty stressed a...
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Madness At The Malting: June 2012
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Madness At The Malting. Thursday, 28 June 2012. Usually on the early May Bank Holiday we get together with Mum and Dad and some of the family to do something for my birthday, but this year (7th May), Mum and Dad were up at the Preston Temple for their two weeks in eight. I felt slightly abandoned (well, not really, but we've never been at a loose end for the bank holiday before! Luckily our friends the Hirsts invited us to go out for a walk and picnic at the last minute. Lots of sword fighting going on.
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Madness At The Malting: San Diego with the Bleakleys - 9th April
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Madness At The Malting. Saturday, 4 July 2015. San Diego with the Bleakleys - 9th April. After a bad night's sleep for me (not used to sharing a bed! Holly made us a lovely breakfast of asparagus omelettes, avocado and fruit salad. We made up sandwiches and stuff for packed lunches, then hung around the house for a while. Tim and Holly's bedroom where Scott and I stayed. Tim and Holly's bathroom and wardrobe area is about as big as half our upstairs at home! The living room where the older girls slept.
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Madness At The Malting: May 2013
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Madness At The Malting. Tuesday, 7 May 2013. First Week of July 2012. I also have these pictures from walking to school on 3rd July. I'd taken my camera with me because I had wanted to get pictures of the boys while I still took them to school, and of Harry in his school shorts (so cute! And the way they run to school so young and carefree. I felt like recording it all before they grew up, and we moved on to another phase of life. Big pods made from plant pots! We then got to go in the house, in the amaz...
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Madness At The Malting: March 2013
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Madness At The Malting. Wednesday, 27 March 2013. Stake Fun Day (June 2012). On Saturday 30th, we went to Stanwick Lakes with other families from church for a picnic. We made a chocolate cake to take with us. Lucy in a fit of laughter (for reasons unknown.). We got to the meeting-up place first. (Should have taken some 'after' photos when the place was packed to prove we weren't Billy-no-mates! It was nice just hanging out with friends and chatting. Tom and Harry enjoying the water area. On Saturday even...
