Tilda turns 6 tomorrow
I am prepared. (Don’t bother looking for any fish yet!)
Walking at night
Since it has been so, so, so, so, so, so unrelentingly hot here lately, I’ve taken George for walks a couple of times after Tilda’s gone to sleep. But don’t tell Tilda that – if she discovered that I entrusted her care to her capable (albeit sleeping) grandparents, she might not trust me enough to [...]
Student of the week
I had my first parent-teacher interview of the year this week, and was relieved to confirm that Tilda enjoys school. She’s not having any problems – she’s a delight, obviously! – but Sue has taken on the task of convincing Tilda to hold her pencil properly. Not something I would have the courage to try. [...]
Library bags
Phoebe turned 6 yesterday, and I decided to make her a library bag to replace the state-issued blue bag. Knowing that Tilda would demand one as well, I bought enough fabric for two. I made the red bag on Monday, for Phoebe, as Tilda is always telling me that red is Phoebe’s favourite colour. Not [...]
Broken
Since they added the “Your Stats” feature to Flickr, I’ve noticed that too many of my “popular” photos feature Tilda’s underwear. I’ve just decided to make all Tilda pictures private, so you have to be one of my Flickr “friends & family” contacts to see them. Unfortunately, once I made them all private, the URLs [...]
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