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Welcome to the blog, my place of reflection, of thoughts, well actually at times of rambles and musings really. I've done a blog off and on for a number of years but it's always been separate from my main site until now. Finally I get to fully integrate everything in one place and it's really quite exciting. I make no promises of revelations or incredible insight, no certainty that things will make sense or even be spelled correctly for that matter. I can guarantee that they are all my own thoughts (as far as I'm aware) and I will do my best to not besmirch anyone (well not too much) and not to just blog for no apparent reason other than of course i want to get something off my chest or it amuses me.... it may even from time to time amuse you, hey and if it does you can comment on the site and / or on facebook or any number of places... go one, you know you want to read more....

Parents Night

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So tonight we had Parents Night at Kindie, Parents Night for a 2 year old.... I never would have thought it, until I became a Dad, then what can I say, I've been looking forward to it with excitement and trepidation.

Trepidation I guess because I still remember parents night when I was a kid and waiting on Mum & Dad coming home from the school and giving us a review of the discussions... they were never terrible but there was certainly (on my part at least) a chunk of well he could try harder in some area's... or If only he'd study and so on, non of which conducive to a relaxing night, still I did ok.

Surely kindie reports would be different, well as it turns out being the one on the other side of the table is good for a start but it's also really cool hearing someone else tell you how great your wee girl is, who doesn't love that!

So turns out she's settling into the new room with some bigger kids, really getting out there in the play area and pushing the boundaries. Now I take Emily to the park all the time and she's obsessed with the swings, after that she loves climbing up ladders to get to a slide and if it's possible to go down backwards or on her tummy well that's cool. So when they say pushing boundaries i think they may well mean she needs a safety net soon!

she's smart, understands what your say, uses words all the time you think where did that come from and how did you use it in the right way... for instance Actually... she's really fond of Actually... as well as 'You go girl!' or lately (and it's my fault) deal.. make you a deal....

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All smiles and goos…

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Well it’s now just a little over 4 months since Emily graced us with her presence in the world and what a 4 months it’s been. Just watching her grow every day has been amazing, each time you look at her there is a new expression on her wee face.3up

Lately she has decided it’s much more fun to sit up than it is to lay down, the 1st time we saw her trying we assumed (wrongly) that she had wind… in fact she was doing tummy crunches in a bit to get herself sitting up!… it’s now a game with her, every time you hold her hands she pulls her self up, gives a goo or an exclamation of how clever she is and then promptly lays herself back down… and then it starts again! This is great on the floor but not so good when she’s laying in the bassinet!!!!

Emily - July09

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Her conversation skills are certainly growing, we get told about everything… then again so does her toy bear (named Glasgow!), her mobile above the bassinet certainly knows when she’s unhappy with mum or dad for putting her back to bed!

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James Bond 007 - Quantum of Solace (Digital)

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OOOoooo.. just browsing through tech Scalextric site seem more and have now changed my mind... Bubs wants the James Bond Digital set!

Over taking, Aston Martins, braking manoeuvres!...

I have a James Bond set when I was a kid complete with ejector seat!.. yes I'm sure, this is the one Bubs wants!

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toes, fingers, thumbs and other stuff

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Well Emily found her other foot shortly after my last post, which was fun to watch but the amusement didn't end there. She has also now discovered her thumb.... it's very cute to see her with it and certainly keeps her quiet.
Every day she gets more interactive as well, just the other day we had a whole conversation about something... no idea what it was but I'm sure it was very intelligent... probably either rocket science or... Oh god Dad... YOU'RE a GINGER!!!!!!!!... (hoping it's not the 2nd one!)
She's trying hard to crawl now as well so no doubt we'll be chasing her round the house in no time, which is good... just in time for the warm weather coming in!

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oOOO What's that.. & does it fit in my mouth?

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Well we were wondering when it would happen, Emily had discovered her right foot... two days ago she suddenly realised that there was in fact something there and.. if she tried hard enough she could get it into her mouth..
The left foot.. not so much at the moment but I'm sure it'll be along in no time at all. Strange, all the the toys, play things, musical things and so on you get for them and here she is totally fascinated this month with her right foot. last couple of months it was her hands so secretly I'm hoping she doesn't discover the left foot until next month which will keep her amused no end!

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