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Creativity

Today the twins decided to build a treehouse. The weather isn’t great, but they weren’t about to let that stop them:

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Teamwork

It’s the half-term break this week so, today, I was home alone with the kids. Never being one to pass up an opportunity, I put them to work… … and I’ve had a very peaceful evening so far.

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Angry Gnomes

On Friday, I was home alone with the kids and, while the weather could have been better, it was certainly too nice to stay indoors all day. The kids, however, wanted to stay inside and play Angry...

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First steps in programming

For those that don’t know, Big Trak is a programmable tank. It was popular (with me, at least) in the 1980s and reissued in all its retro glory a few years ago. Big Trak, if you don’t remember, was an...

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Stump

Some friends recently dug up an old tree stump and, for reasons probably best not explored, asked if we wanted it. Of course, we said yes and said stump was duly acquired and unloaded. The plan was to...

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Born in Belgium

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Mister Frosty

It snowed today. And there was still enough snow this afternoon to build a snowman. So Alex built a snowman.

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Blood Moon

A couple of evenings ago, as the kids came home, it was dark and the moon was both full and red. Alex decided he had to take a photo of this and rushed in to find a camera. This is the result. Not bad...

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Drinkable science

A couple of months ago, Alex acquired a water filter. A small one, obviously, but a working one designed to demonstrate how water filtration works. The system has three layers — containing stones, sand...

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Avicii: The Nights

Wednesday was a fun day. I turned up at the station at the usual time, only discover that all trains were cancelled due to a defective train further up the line. Since I can work from home, and the...

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Ten plus Ten

Alexandre and William both hit ten years old today and, since they are at school, we have the best part of the day to make sure everything is ready for this evening. There’s no party this year because...

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End of an Era

The schools broke up yesterday and two months of Summer vacation starts today for all three of the boys. And big changes are ahead for us because the twins have now graduated from primary school and...

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