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She was a Skater Girl
Took Maddie Ice Skating in Hemel. After about an hour with Pete the Penguin I’d had enough but agreed to stay a bit longer only if she would skate without him which of course she did! Nothing like a bit of extra playtime for motivation!! Managed to do whole laps on her own, ok so…
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Daddies Little Helper
Had a shoot in a larger studio today as we needed to get a group shot of 8 people and Maddie came along to “help”. Loved these chairs so much I bought a couple for my home studio! I did get her to take a few shots and carry things around but she was more…
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Need you now
Just lately I seem to be managing to break Maddies habit of only letting Mette put her to bed. Its still only occasionally and today was one of those days – well it was fathers day today and Maddie was trying to be nice. Most of the songs I suggest for Maddie’s playlist she doesn’t…
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Royal Wedding
Another weekend – another bank holiday! This time thanks to the royals and if there’s one thing that Maddie likes right now it’s princesses. We were invited over to Helle’s house where there was a bit of party. Maddie’s first taste of real table tennis (as opposed to the Wii) went surprisingly well for someone…
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Little Hornet
Another trip to the hallowed ground of Vicarage Road. All kitted out in her new home shirt (strangely the kids shirt was the same price as the entire kit) but it was a bit cold for shorts. There was a special offer so instead of being confined to the family enclosure Maddie had her first…
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Trick or Treat
The whole trick or treat phenomenon was strictly an American pastime when I was a kid. This year along with 6 other children (also in fancy dress) Maddie with me and other parents watching from a distance went out trick or treating. I guess it could be more accurately described as treating as there were…
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Teddy Bears Picnic
Yes I know there aren’t any teddy bears in the picture but it was so nice to have the kids all amusing themselves that we had some adult time for a change! As a result this was the only picture I took! As for the kids they had a great afternoon. In the picture from…
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Party time!
Maddies party was held at Gambados this year. So easy, just turned up with a cake and they did the rest!! If you’ve read some of my previous blog entries you’ll know Maddie loves this place. It was even better today seeing her running around with 16 of her friends – I’m sure she enjoyed…
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Eddie the Penguin saves the world!
That was the ambitious title of Maddie’s first production with her Stagecoach performing arts group. It was all very sweet. I just got there in time and managed to record the whole thing on video for posterity. It was so sweet to see them all and I was particularly proud when she spoke her one…
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Chilling in ‘the pod’
A rare picture of me with Maddie. It’s not the best quality shot since it was cut from a video on my mobile but still. Note to self – get other people to take some photos or its going to look like I was hardly ever around!