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Certificate
Leigh passed her degree late last year but it felt a little more official today as he received her certificate through the post. So she is now a scientist, expect her to use the XKCD line mercilessly in the future. Her graduation ceremony will be in Edinburgh in April.
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Chinese New Year
10th February 2013 It was Chinese New Year today, we originally wanted to stay close to home as Lancaster has, in the past, placed events on the Chinese New Year. This year there seemed to be a lack of any information on the websites as to anything occurring, so we decided to go further afield.…
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Elliot’s First Birthday
9th February 2013 Elliott, the littlest Keating, was a whole year old on Saturday finally passing the stage from baby into Toddler, though who can say when that exact point is anyway. As usual we had a family and friends party at Chez Keating in Lancaster with a large number of people turning up and…
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Good Day Fire Kitty
Today Ben started his first conversation with us in the car on the way home from nursery without us asking about his day, he initiated it about Spanish. This is all because Ben has started Spanish Lessons at nursery…okay scroll back and start again. Last year the nursery brought a Spanish teacher in to teach…
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Mum is in Hospital
Sickness Over the last couple of weeks Leigh has had a really bad cold, it totally knocked her from her feet and she had no energy or appetite. She took the week away from work, which is rare for her, and tried to rest as much as possible. A Reprieve? This week her cold had…
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Walking in the Lake District
12 January 2013 On Saturday we took a short drive to the Lake District to White Moss Common/Penny Rock Woods and then onto Grasmere/River Rothray to do a couple of walks from the Lake District Guide book – Miles without Stiles – which we purchased so that we could take the kids and a pushchair…
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Spooky Sheep
Sunday, 6th January 2013 We went for a walk in the early morning on Sunday, the weather was mild for January and as wet as usual so a fine mist was present everywhere. We saw some sheep in a field and Ben had already declared the day to be ‘spooky’ so these were Spooky Sheep.
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Blackpool 3rd January
The kids had a massive break over Christmas but Leigh and I had to continue working so we shared the duties of looking after the children between us with the always grateful help of Grandma Linda. On the Thursday I decided to take them both to Blackpool so we could go into the Aquarium and…
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Grasmere, 1st January 2013
Like much of the country, I presume, our New Year got off to a rather slack start. Thankfully the kids seemed to have inhereted some of the inertia, perhaps from osmosis as they were in bed on time, and rose late. In the case of Elliott he was happy to stay in bed with daddy…
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Xmas Visiting 26-28th December
Apsley, Harpenden, Berkhampstead As mentioned previously we traveled to Apsley on the 26th December so that we could spend a few days in the South East, specifically Hertfordshire, visiting people for Xmas and New Year. While we were there we managed to spend time with Ricky, Malcolm, Rebecca, John, Richard, Norma and Jane some of…