http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp A visual journal of life as the Mum of four small boys Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:03:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After much consideration and deliberation, I have decided to take a break from blogging for a while.  Pressures on my time mean that I have very little space in my schedule to pursue my hobbies and interests.  Something had to give and, sorry to say, but blogging had to get ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=348 Aidan entered a competiton in his National Geographic Kids magazine.  The prize was a trip to the National Space Centre in Leicester with an overnight stay and breakfast at the Hilton. In our hotel room at the Hilton: The boys watched 'Clash of the Titans' on the TV at bedtime: Eating breakfast in ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=347 A collection of photos of the boys from the last few days of June. One day after school last week, it was scorching hot so I took the boys home via the play park.  There was water in the paddling pool.  How do you think this story ends? Yes, that is Aidan ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=345 On Friday, Orin had a Graduation ceremony at Elfs to celebrate his time at pre-school and mark his transition to school. The children performed a group reading of "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" complete with actions: Heather presenting Orin with a certificate and atlas: http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=344 Helping Daddy weed the front garden: Arlo on the trampoline: Aidan and Arlo on the slide: Orin: Kapow! Evan: Arlo on the toddler slide: Orin doing a superhero move on the slide: Orin's hands suddenly quadrupled in size: Me: Arlo: http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=342 On Sunday we went for a walk to Kilmory Loch to see what beasties we could find. Chris and Arlo setting off: Chris and all four of his boys on Fathers Day: We found a pair of sasquatches in the woods: Me: Orin picked a flower for me to wear in my hair: Paddling in a ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=341 It was Fathers Day on Sunday.  The boys made Chris a card, Aidan having made the stars 'n' stripes star out of hama beads: Orin made Chris some chocolate truffles at preschool: Orin presented Chris with a Mexican cookery book: Evan presented him with some fancy chocolates: Aidan presented him with The Civil War ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=343 We spent Saturday morning at Crinan Ferry beach.  The blue sky might make it look sunny and hot but there was a very chilly wind whipping in from the sea so we were only able to stay for a couple of hours. Arlo loved the sand: Orin doing some kind of crazy ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=340 Another milestone is reached: Arlo can walk! He finally decided to take more than a few brief steps on Saturday when my parents were visiting. I guess he wanted to show off for the grandparents. So, at 12.5 months (not too shabby for a preemie), Arlo is ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=336 An assortment of photographs taken in June. Picnic in the garden: Arlo: Evan made Spiderman out of duplo lego: Evan and Arlo dressed as Buzz and an alien: Setting off for Rhyme Time at the Library.  Evan decided they should go along dressed up as characters: Orin drew this picture at preschool.  It transpired that he ... http://oct2005mommies.com/lauradp/?p=337