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133/365 It’s a Pool!

Finally had some time to put together the paddling pool the googy got for Christmas. I know. It’s nearly the end of January and I’ve only just taken the tree down as well. A fact that was extremely disappointing to Riley. But her spirits were lifted by this addition. To say that she was keen [...]

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129/365 My Definition of Hell

This isn’t a photo from today for two reasons. Firstly my camera battery is in need of a recharge, and secondly you have to fill out a pile of paperwork if you want to take photos of your own child at the swimming pool. Don’t get me started on that one. Swimming lessons have been [...]

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The Week I Ignored Housework

I’ve ignored anything resembling housework this week, beyond the bare minimum. And by minimum I mean absolute bare minimum. Dishes, yes, well eventually. Laundry, absolutely not. I can barely get into the laundry room anyway and the washing machine leeks in a way that would require me to remove the back panel to fix it. [...]

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128/365 Independence

Well, not complete independence. Somebody might have had a complete meltdown at swimming today and clambered out of the pool onto her mama’s lap dripping wet in need of some serious TLC. I knew something was wrong when I saw her bottom lip drop over on the other side of the pool and it took [...]

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Week of Swimming

This week is a week of swimming. I’m taking Riley to a lesson every day to get her ready for next term. So this week she’s been going in with the teacher on her own. I’ve longed for the time when she’d be able to go in on her own. That I could do away [...]

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98/365 The Water Baby

It’s just as well we don’t have a pool at home otherwise I would seriously struggle to ever get anything done – such is this little one’s enthusiasm for the weather. Yesterday, she did manage to convince her Uncle to hop into a pool with her and refused to hop out even when she was [...]

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71/365 The Photographer

Riley has discovered she can take photos of herself with the iPhone. Yesterday she took nearly 280 photos. Most of them featuring only part of her head. But there were a few photos in there worth hanging on to. Including these, featuring her in absolute excitement before going to swimming. Mostly, I think she just [...]

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70/365 Tuesdays are for Swimming

I have a love-hate relationship with swimming lessons. I hate getting into my swim suit on a cold morning. I’m sure I feel more cold on Tuesday mornings, just because I know that I’m going to have to go to swimming. I love that Riley has such a great time at swimming and that I [...]

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05/365 – Tuesdays Are My Favourite Day

Tuesdays are my favourite day of the week. We have swimming lessons in the morning. And Riley is nothing if not a water baby. She giggles her way through the whole thing. And when we are getting ready to go will throw her hands up in the air ‘swimming!’ Then we get home and she’s [...]

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