The L Files
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93. Summer Saturdays – Out and About in Woking
Seeing as we are as far removed from a proper Nigerian “enclave” as could be, we have to go to Woking every so often for our big shop. This weekend, L and I had the pleasure of popping into town for the big shop. In the hour and a bit we spent there, we were… Continue reading
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88. Getting Art-y
Bang in the middle of the summer holidays without any let up in real life, we caved, and are sending L to art camp. Creative side or not, we don’t expect she’ll turn out into Great Britain’s answer to Picasso, but getting something to occupy her for the next few weeks is the idea. Day… Continue reading
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84. Bring your child to work day
On bring your child to work day, I decided to take the opportunity to drag L along, given how much interest she has shown in getting to know where I work. There were the small matters of two meetings to navigate – an early one which ended at 9am , and the other which finished… Continue reading
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71. The End of the Beginning
The last day of school before the summer break and the start of the new school year was a great time to pause and celebrate just how far L has come. She had to miss the first two months of the (reception) year, which left her struggling to make friends and connections in class. The… Continue reading
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63.Re: Posting Fewer Photos of My Kids’ Faces
Matt Langford blogs about intentionally posting fewer photos of his kids’ faces online. The part of the reasons which resonates with me is: A photo posted today can end up indexed, copied, saved, scraped, screenshotted, and fed into who knows what. That sounds dramatic, but it also sounds like Tuesday. Even if the original post… Continue reading
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35. Sports Day
Photo by Philip White on Unsplash — The plan was for a variety of outdoor activities. The reality was that plans met the unstoppable mountain that is the great British Summer, which meant the day was spent indoors in the end. There were tears, there were fumbles and laughs to boot. In the end, it… Continue reading
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