Another week, another meet and greet post for another blogging conference. Yes, I’m going to three this year. Excessive? Maybe, but I just love the chance to get together with other bloggers and socialise and learn stuff. And BlogCamp UK is going to be less expensive than the others, given that the tickets are free, and it’s being held in Birmingham, which is a much easier and cheaper journey for me than London. I consider myself lucky to have a ticket to BlogCamp UK, as they sold out within 6 hours of becoming available, and there is a waiting list of bloggers who want to come if anyone can’t make it.
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One advantage of having grown up mostly avoiding other kids, and only deciding to have my own family later on in life is that I know very little about kids in general, and in particular what milestones they’re likely to achieve when. This means that I am constantly being amazed by what my kids can do, and I obviously think they are the most brilliant kids ever! The geekson has the slight disadvantage in that I can sometimes remember how old his sister was when she achieved certain milestones, but for the geekdaughter the world is completely her oyster as I have absolutely no pre-conceived ideas of what she should be able to do when.
I try not to be a “look how great my kids are” bore, but one of the main purposes of this blog is to share news about how the kids are getting on, so at the same time I feel no shame in sharing with you a couple of things that the geekdaughter has done recently…
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I can’t believe my (almost) week off work is over, and I’m back to the office today. It’s gone too fast – I suppose I always knew it would. The good news is that I managed to achieve a lot of what I wanted, and I’m returning to work today feeling refreshed and ready for anything!
With the help of my Mum I sorted out loads of the old baby clothes, and I’m down to two black sacks full of decent stuff for eBaying, with my Mum taking about six black sacks of stuff to donate to the charity shop. I dug out the next size vests for the geekson, as his 12-18 month ones are getting a little tight now, and vests are about the only thing I can re-use from the geekdaughter. We made great progress in tidying the kitchen, which has been a complete tip for months, and I actually have a couple of clear surfaces now. I had a great day with my Mum and the kids at Trentham Gardens, despite it being so early in the season that several of the attractions that we wanted to see (the maze, the barefoot walk and the monkey forest) were all closed. However both kids still had a great time running around, and the geekdaughter had a great time in the playground. A really good day out, and we’ll definitely be going back later in the year.
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Silent Sunday. One photo, taken in the last week. No words.
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