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Happy birthday Alex!
Happy birthday to Alexander, the big five year old! May everything be just how you like it.
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Happy Fathers’ Day!
Some things are best said in person, and when they can’t be, they’re best said on video:
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The quiet days of winter…
Haven’t been here much recently… just laying low really. I suppose we’re just coming out of the last of winter here now. Coonabarabran isn’t the coldest place I’ve ever been, but it’s up there. You notice it’s winter, let’s put … Continue reading
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Sesame Street rap
Great video I found on Boing Boing… Showing the power of good editing: Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.
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Amusingly obstinate 2-year-old
A wonderful little episode from Lachie tonight… we’ve noticed recently how good his language is, and especially the way he likes to say hello, goodbye and goodnight to everyone in the house. He’d go from room to room saying “Goodnight … Continue reading
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Super Will saves the day again
On Saturday… let’s just say Sallie and I were having an argument. Doesn’t matter why, or what it was about (nothing substantial, as is so often the case), but it happens. Nothing but verbal sparring, of course, but in retrospect, … Continue reading
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The things Will says…
Over the weekend and recently, some lines from my eldest son: “I’m good with people but not with birds”. (Will’s had this terrible fear of birds since he was very young… but at least people are a-ok with him!) “My … Continue reading
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This is called Summer?
Apparently it’s the first day of Summer. But you wouldn’t know it with this weather… rain for a week, flooding, darkness in the day and more. It’s rained more this year than for years previously, and don’t we know it. … Continue reading
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Introducing Star Wars
One Saturday afternoon just recently, I sat down with Will and we watched Star Wars together for the first time. No doubt it’s a bit grown up for him right now (in story, not in “content”), but he enjoyed it … Continue reading
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“I want to be a computer man”
Sallie and I went to Will’s school assembly today, their last one for the term, because Will’s class was performing. It was a cute little show, where KC sang a song about what you want to be when you grow … Continue reading
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