About a week ago now, we first managed to get a proper demonstration of Jon sitting solo. Or “wobbling triumphantly on [his] little fundament” to borrow a wonderful Libby Purves expression.
Sitting upright opens up whole new vistas in baby entertainment of course, and Jonathan seems to really enjoy it. Until the [...]
The other day, while is a slightly random frame of mind, I googled for “Boggle” — a game I remembered being given as a birthday present when I was about 10.
I used to find this game a little dull as a child, so I vaguely wondered if I’d been missing anything.
The Boggle I owned came [...]
Friday was a gorgeous day but, I must admit, I was feeling a little low at the start. The arrangements I’d made to see a friend had just fallen through at the last minute, leaving me at a loose end…
Getting out seemed to be the thing to do. So I threw a few [...]
The sun was shining brightly last Friday afternoon, but it was bone-numbingly cold out. Still, the time seemed ripe to take Jonathan for one of those formative childhood experiences: playing on the swings at the local playground.
He was quite fascinated by the toddler being pushed on the adjacent swing but did enjoy his own [...]
