Dave Thorp's Blog » Kids http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk The musings of Dave Thorp Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Merry Christmas http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:11:32 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=453 Yes it’s finally Christmas. Unfortunate but true.

Stuart and Alex are playing with their toys. Stuart is more interested in Alex’s toys though rather than his own.

Pictures will be uploaded later. Oh and in 13 hours time Nosty will have got another prediction right. There is no stopping this guy is there!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 I was right!!! http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:48:45 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=437 Well I was right as the great british public proved once again that they are sheep and will purchase any old tat simply because it came from the x-factor or other similar talent(less) contests. Jeff Buckley did manage to get to number 2 though (which lets face it is the equivalent to number one these days as Simon Cowell more or less reserves the number one slot months or even years in advance)

Shame on you all…. oh and next year please lock up your eight year old daughters so some decent music has a chance to top the charts!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/feed/ 0 Second Time Lucky http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/10/second-time-lucky/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/10/second-time-lucky/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:52:05 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=420 We are all really proud of Stuart as he settled down last night in his new bed no problems and slept through until 8am when he made his way into our bedroom to wake us up.

After the first night we didn’t think he would take to it. I even thought I might have had to buy some chloroform from Amazon!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/10/second-time-lucky/feed/ 1 Stuart doesn’t like his new bed http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/08/stuart-doesnt-like-his-new-bed/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/08/stuart-doesnt-like-his-new-bed/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:37:52 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=407 My Mum bought Stuart a toddler bed for him to use, the idea being Stuart sleeps in that and Alex gets Stuart’s old cot bed. Stuart doesn’t seem too pleased with the idea though.

Any time we tried to put him down in the toddler bed, he cried and screamed and got himself out. Thankfully he is now fast asleep….. in his cot bed.

Attempt two tomorrow night!

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Which would be nice cos all the traffic searching for Karina and Leeanne seems to be dying down!

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So this week was Stuart’s second birthday. And what were the results of it?

His Nanna and his Auntie Karen attended and got him presents even though they were short on money (presumably the presents were also from his Grandad on that side)

His Grandma and his Grandpa Harry attended and got him presents even though his Grandma was seriously ill and on antibiotics.

So who does that leave….. well his Grandad on my side of the family. Who wasn’t invited since he lied about why he didn’t attend last year, and has unilateraly proven that he is more bothered about another mans kid than he is about his own grandchildren. You can count the number of times he has seen Alex on one hand and we’re still waiting for Alex’s birth present and Stuart’s second birthday present. Not really worth holding our breath now is it? A poxy buttie shop that amongst other things utilises child labour and a midlife crisis are much more important now!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/08/happy-birthday-stuart-the-aftermath/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Stuart – Part Three http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/07/happy-birthday-stuart-part-three/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/07/happy-birthday-stuart-part-three/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:35:31 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=105 Here are all the pics (well most of them) from Stuart’s second birthday yesterday

Stuart on ZebraStuart on TrikeStuartStuart and DaddyStuart and Grandpa HarryAlex and Grandpa HarryStuart and CakeStuart and Yummy Cake
Everyone (who turned up and was invited)Mummy and StuartStuartAlex
Stuart and NannaAuntie Karen and AlexStuart and Auntie Karen

Oh and Nosty has indeed got prediction number one right this month as some people demonstrated yet again that they are equally useless Grandparents as they were parents!

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Huge thanks to everyone that came including my Mum who came despite being ill.

Oh and in four hours Nostradamus will have got prediction one right this month!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/06/happy-birthday-stuart-part-two/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Stuart – Part One http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/06/happy-birthday-stuart-part-one/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/06/happy-birthday-stuart-part-one/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:50:38 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=92 Video of Stuart on his new Bounce & Spin Zebra that he got for his second birthday today

Apologies for the orientation changing halfway through

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/06/happy-birthday-stuart-part-one/feed/ 0 Remember Remember http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/05/remember-remember/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/05/remember-remember/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:02:54 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=82 Well it’s that time of year again when people detonate small yield explosives for no major reason. Of course this time of year has other memories for us as two years ago Yvonne was in hospital about to give birth to Stuart.

Both our children’s births have be marked by some event. In Stuart’s case it was fireworks and in Alex’s it was an earthquake. Does that make them special?

They’ll always be special to us!

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