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So while the poppies popped,

We read some books.

And we certainly do have a book of the week:

Oh this is brilliant - this book can be read on so many levels and is so worth a laugh… I got it from the library but we didn’t read it immediately because their is a scary looking wolf [...]

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A lot of clubbing went on…

The Swimming Club.

The Cup of Chinno Club.

The Book Club.

The Lunch Bus Club.

The Art Club.
The Father Person started a five week course… did I ever mention that I love post-it-notes, well I lent him a few and now his book looks like a hedgehog!

But more important he gets home before bedtime [...]

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And The Strange Things They Say…

This is why we call them Hoods:

We read some books.

In the early morning.

We did a lot of arting.

We went for a stomp.

We even did a whole lot of school - I left the room and they didn’t think recess - miraculous!

Hood #1: Didn’t have a lot to say… but copious [...]

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So we finished celebrating the ultimate lemon party.

And read some books and rested to recover.

And then Spring finally arrived.

Some flowers erupted.

And we had two warm days.

And at last we are back in the swim.

We had our last week off school and did a lot of arting for a book review we are planning.

We visited [...]

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So there we were on Spring Break… Making Tie-Dye Tee’s and memories…

Going for walks in the country.

Then we came home.

And now you know why mother’s of se7en don’t really go for this whole holiday thing!

And the rain carried on relentlessly so we tried some puzzles.

But those didn’t last long enough, so we went to the [...]

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Happy Birthday Hood #5, our resident Celebrity Chef.

I hope 4 is a brilliant wonderful year for you…

Watch out for the cheeks. You have to love those cheeks. Have you ever seen such cheeks?
And here is his birthday interview in se7en questions:
Question 1: So Chef, what is your favorite thing to do?
Chef: I love to [...]

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This is one thing that most visitors stop and look at when they visit our home. I am not huge on rules, I state a lot of facts! I only have two rules I strictly enforce:
 
These rules came about because of Hood#2. Every family has one - this is the sort of kid that [...]

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