Dan news:
Dan has a new job! After working in IT for Merseytravel for 2 years, he's now got a job at Riverside Housing that isn't in IT. He only accidentally fell into IT 10 years ago due to a bit of casual sexism and ageism. "Dan you're a young man, any good at fixing computers?"
Dan is very good at IT and has learned a lot and progressed well, but he would prefer a more people based role like the one he has now got, which is something to do with "procedures".
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| Dan after his first day at work. |
Hannah news:
I've been getting back into work. I did a bee mural in Manchester that was really fun. I learnt a load of cool bee facts too, like did you know that the male bees don't have stingers, and they don't do any of the work, their only purpose is mating?
I'm planning to go back to work 2 days a week from September.
But more exciting than that... I'm going to be doing a 1 hour 1 woman comedy show in September! It's going to be in the Everyman Theatre (in the basement not the real theatre). It's mainly going to be about parenting and it will be part of the Liverpool Comedy Festival.
Percy news:
Nothing much, today we went to the skate park and he looked very adorable.
Percy: I won't drink water today because it's not sunny.
Me: You still need to drink water every day. If you don't drink any water you'll die. Like, remember that strawberry plant that Mummy forgot to water last summer: they died.
(I'm not sure why I felt the need to bring death into this conversation.)
Percy: Well the strawberries went to heaven though....and when I get to heaven I will eat them.
Me: Oh right and THEN what will happen to them?
(Meaning will they die again? can strawberries die? Will they go to some kind of second strawberry heaven?)
Percy: I'll poo and wee them out, out of my bottom and my willy.
Me: oh ok.
Eric news:
Eric turned one on 3rd May. I'm totally over the baby stage now. Around 9 months I was a bit sad that if I have no other babies then this is my last few months of baby time, but now I'm over that and enjoying him getting more fun. I love the 18 month to 2 year stage, it's so adorable. Not 2 and a half though then they become evil for 6-9 months. I'm mean, this is only based on a sample size of one so don't worry too much if your child is 2 1/4 right now. But worry a bit.
So Eric can now walk a few steps mainly in a sideways crab motion. He might have said words but it's difficult to be sure. He's doing a couple of baby signs (bird and more). Maybe he's a massive player that just wants more birds. He copies sounds though, like I showed him a toy fire engine and said "neeenaaar" and he reapated "neenaaar".
He loves Lola the rabbit, going on a swing, climbing in and out of the sandpit, pulling all the roll off the toilet paper, baked beans, cheese, and blueberries. He hates the paddling pool, despite liking the bath and he can be pretty clingy to me. He absolutely adores Percy, most of the time, until Percy sits on my knee and then he gets a bit jealous.
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| What a difference a year makes |
House news:
We finally finished putting up our tropical wallpaper and we are still married - just.
We've now started digging a soakaway in the garden to stop the grass being so wet. Basically theres a massive hole in our garden and if you're standing behind the swing at the wrong time you could easily get pushed in. Just perfect for little kids to play in.
