Monthly Archives: December 2004

A lovely Christmas. Children all pleased with their presents, at one point on Christmas morning our front room was ankle deep in discarded wrapping paper. Rose almost immediately started on craft activities, Toby was handing out everyone’s presents, so was … Continue reading →

Last few preparations – present wrapping, turkey delivery (thanks Mark – who got up at four and got ours as well as his), a party this evening and carols at Meeting. Rose is doing a reading at Meeting, which will … Continue reading →

I’ve just got back from driving over to Immingham, the port on the other side of the Humber from Hull, to pick up a monster truck that Toby’s bought off ebay. It’s huge, expensive and he’s very excited about it. … Continue reading →

Cindy is currently coping with 6 children all trying to sew at once. She must be mad – particularly after last night’s late night! They’ve already made bread and will be making christmas biscuits later.

We went to see The Incredibles last night, or more like yesterday afternoon. It was really good. The animation is so good that some of the scenes just look real. But more importantly, the story was gripping, well told and … Continue reading →

After saying bye to James and Emma (we left them at ours to have some tea, bathe children and go home) we went to La Piazza and had pizzas with Lance and Mary. The next part of our action packed … Continue reading →

James and Emma came all the way up from their home near Bristol to visit us – for the day! Definitely more driving than I’d like to do. It was great to see them. Jacob and Samuel are much more … Continue reading →

It’s Friday afternoon, and the children have come home for the start of two and a half weeks of Christmas holiday. John and Rose have had a very busy, Christmasy week at school. They’ve watched the infant’s Nativity Play, sung … Continue reading →