Category: Family stuff

After my trip to London with Wills, it was only right that Dan had a day out too. He decided on the place with all teh dinosaurs. So that’ll be the Natural History Museum. Dan can be a bit stubborn (I blame his mother’s genes) but with a bit of pursuading, a day with Dan can be fun. He was excellent company on the trip and got to wander around an interactive exhibition about what dinosaurs eat. Perfect.

It snowed again!

So, we took the dog and kids to the park. Had to really.

William has been studying the Great Fire of London and the London mayors. For those of you reading this from a part of the World for which that means nothing or who dozed off during history class, it happenned in 1666 and basically destroyed most of London whilst fortuitously both killing off the Plague and rejuvinating popular opinion of the monarch, Charles II.

I like taking one of my boys off on a day-trip as they tend to behave better and as a result both they and I have a great “bonding” day together. William and I just wandered around the sites and the Museum of London, chatting and taking our own good time. Nice.

Well we finally got some snow. Got stuck at home because the roads were treacherous (meaning all the plucky British drivers brave enough to venture out keep hitting each other) and the trains were disrupted (presumably because he drivers skidded off the road on the way to the depot).

Daniel’s operation went very well yesterday. He was happy to go into hospital and
was smiling right up to going under the anaesthetic. Once he came round he just
wanted to go home. But after much bribing, he agreed to stay overnight. Daddy
stayed with him and he slept right through the night. This morning, the nurse
announced he could go home when he liked. Dan started putting his shoes on.
All the staff at Brentwood Nuffield Hospital were superb and his surgeon,
Mr Choudhray was explained everything and ensured Daniel was happy after it
all. We have already noticed Daniel’s speech improving but he is a bit croaky
and his throat is sore.

Now Daniel has to stay home, away from other children for two weeks.
Getting William to and from school is going to be fun for the next fortnight.

New Year. I’m back into my Cisco studying with boring old BGP.

I finally dragged myself back to the gym and have blisters on my hands from my exertions on the rowing machines.

Sam the dog has had a haircut and his baby teeth have started coming out but is still as mad as ever.

We have bought a new fishtank as the fish are growing too big for the current one.

And Daniel goes into hospital at the weekend for a tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy.