It’s Monday 20th August and tonight was my Daughters first stage 4 swimming lesson. Previously she’d been progressing well on her traditional Saturday morning stage 3 lesson. We were a little surprised, and of course delighted, when we were told she was ready to move up a stage. She’d only been in stage 3 a couple of months. The snap decisions that followed have been a source of great stress to me. Choosing a time slot. iBears stage…
Today, July 6th 2018 marks 4 years since we miscarried our, would have been, second child. Emotions are high so I wanted to try and get my thoughts down on paper, so to speak. In an ideal world Two children was always the plan. Both my wife and I have one other sibling, as do our parents. So I guess that family unit was engrained on us from an early age. The plan changed somewhat when our first was born. People…
My wife has been away this weekend socialising. Something she doesn’t get to do a lot. This has given me and my Daughter an opportunity to go on a road trip! iBear loves staying in hotels, it’s a real novelty for her. As soon as I asked her if she fancied doing something special this weekend she shouted “HOTEL”. She pleaded with me for a two night stay so I did a little research and came up with a road…
As it’s the time of year for all things school photography and the like I thought I’d put one up of our little nursery class. From left to right the little ones in the front row are: John – Always first to try something and best friends with Jolla, Steven – The tinker of the class, always wanting hugs from Teacher iBear, Jolla – Seems to receive the most praise and has recently won his 4th consecutive star of the…