Behind The Child

tLP brought a doll to church today, a doll which was appropriated by the very delicious little boy sitting next to us, who spen...

Take one busy, active, intelligent six year old boy who lives, sleeps and breathes Star Wars. Add one determined eight year old girl who has...

I don't as a general rule bring politics to this blog. I'm not a party member; I do vote, and I haven't entirely lost confidence...

I have just dropped the Little Princess off at her Brownie Sleepover. She had a practice run back in the summer, staying until bedtime and t...

First, Grolly. Those of a sensitive nature, or perhaps unused to the less pretty parts of complex medical needs may perhaps wish to fo...

In my youf days, I travelled a bit. Scout Jamboree in Korea, hospitality in Japan, a year in California with my family, countless camping tr...

We took tLP's powerchair to Florida. And I'm forever thankful that we did. Freedom and independence, and the ability to help rathe...

Minnie Mouse watch, T-shirt and water bottle. New top and trousers. And very very best of all, trainers which light up when she kicks. Oh ...

Is it bedtime yet?

We had lunch with Pooh today. And ROSY friends; not that kind of poo... It's a bit of a tradition for us. When we came out here with G...

A gentler kind of a day today. England feels a long way away when friends have had the worst kind of a day and we can't be there, not to...

I can't say how nice it is to be able to turn up without any kind of appointment or prearrangement, to know that within the next twenty ...

One of our most favouritest places in the whole wide world. One super happy Mog, singing away for all the shows. One slightly terrified ...

Much fun in the Magic Kingdom. Mostly. Mog sadly was very uncomfortable most of the day, but stopped crying long enough to enjoy Thunder Mou...

Or earlier. Or at some point. We got to the hotel. It was a leetle cramped, but fine. Our taxi arrived in plenty of time, we had fantastic...

I had a certain feeling about today when it started, not in a peaceful and gentle realisation that the night was over and the morning was he...

Reading for pleasure. Lovely. Tia

A Pirate's life for me. School assembly, Whatever can we be? The Little Princess/pirate had a line which she has been practicing di...

We've lived here for a while now. Nine years, almost to the day. This has been The Little Princess' address ever since she moved in ...