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Zombie
When I was a kid Halloween was a low key precursor to the main event of Bonfire night. I seem to recall the odd attempt at apple bobbing and trying to make a lantern out of a turnip but these days it seems to have taken on a life of its own. The switch to…
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Not much sign of any X-Factor…
…but we did have good seats at Wembley arena to see all the top ten from last years show, most of whose names have long since passed from memory even in the short time since the series finished. Perhaps I am a little cynical and Maddie for one seemed to really enjoy it. I did…
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England at Wembley
Maddie has been to a number of football matches, mostly at Vicarage Road although we did go to the play off final at Wembley last year. Well this time it was England vs Denmark so in one sense Maddie couldn’t lose being half Danish but she was definitely there for England. Sneaking into the family…
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Maddie’s first guitar lesson.
We discussed learning different instruments as I think learning to play music is rally important not to mention good fun. I was favouring the piano and have given Maddie a few lessons already however Maddie decided she would like to learn the guitar which is fine by me and also really cool. So for Christmas…
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Holiday of a lifetime!
If there’s one place in the world where extravagance and money to burn seems to be everywhere it’s Dubai. As an exercise in forward planning for tourism to replace oil it’s seems very insightful. One things for sure we are never going to forget some of the things we have seen and experienced. A single…
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…and the little one said roll over…
For the last couple of months Maddie has been a frequent night time visitor to our bed, not something that I tend to worry about being a deep sleeper but it’s usually not very long before her wriggling and squirming around forces Mette to seek refuge in the guest bedroom! I have witnessed her arrival…
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Facebook Comments
So this is my Facebook word cloud from a report by Wolfram Alpha. I guess the reason its ended up on the blog is that the largest (and therefore most used) word is “Maddie” which just goes to show I’m obviously completely obsessed! Not only that I thought it would be something different from a…
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Homework
Now when I was a kid growing up I don’t think I got any homework until secondary school unlike Maddie who has had some form of homework pretty much from the moment she started school! Actually a really good idea as it won’t come as so much of a shock! Mostly just reading, spelling and…
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Meeting the stars
So today Maddie met her other hero Justin Bieber amongst other famous celebrities and royals. Well not exactly met, today we had another Maddie and Daddy day out in London visiting Madam Tussaurds! It was actually quite impressive, full of people having their photos taken with the likes of Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis (you’d never…
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Big girls bike!
I had taken the stabilisers off Maddie’s bike back in the Spring and after a few failed attempts to learn to ride without them her bike had been unceremoniously dumped in the garage and forgotten. When we were debating what to get Maddie for her birthday the idea of a new bike seemed like a…