Tag: Mersina
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A perfect dad, a moment
On Tuesday night I left my little girl with her dad and as I walked through Clifton I sent him this message: “Sometimes it’s hard to imagine there could be a better dad.” A part of me didn’t want to send it. It was a little thought that said you don’t know what he’s going […]
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A letter to Mersina, 23 January 2013
I’ve had the strangest worry today that something would happen to me and Mersina wouldn’t have any memory of me. Before the day was over I wanted her to have something that she could keep – some sentiment from me. I’ve never particularly liked those letters that mums write to their children but this was […]
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It’s no sacrifice at all for the very hungry elephant
This little girl on the right is Mersina, (23-months-old). Her dad, Martin (31) is to the left and in his arms is Ellie the Elephant (just under a month old as she was a Christmas present). Ellie the elephant was very hungry tonight and wanted to eat Gerald the giraffe. Mersina was devastated. “No, no, […]
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The heartbreak of shoo
Little M is 18-months-old now and has recently acquired, developed, discovered a few more words. She has new o and oo words. Hel-lo with the second syllable about an octave lower; twoo as in the number two; and shoo as in shoes, as in ‘Mersina, where are your shoes?’ as in we need to put […]
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Lions
Yesterday, for the first time, Mersina got scared at something on television. She was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and there was a lion being carried around. It was a toy lion but another character had a speaker which amplified the roar. ROAR. ROAR. ROAR. Went the lion and Mersina came rushing up with a gasp […]
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Anecdotes
Anecdotes – so I don’t forget Tuesday – August 7, 2012 First thing in the morning: I put Mersina in her high chair and we both sat down to breakfast. I had my coffee, she had her juice, we both had scrambled eggs and we were sharing baby-friendly Heinz biscotti. I dipped my biscotti in […]
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Voom voom
Mersina picked up her blue Happyland toy car, today, ran it across the top of the unit, on which the TV rests, and made the noise voom voom, voom voom. It’s the first time I’ve heard her do it.
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Mersina’s cardigan
Today, Mersina received the loveliest cardigan from her godfather’s mother, Paula. This is the third beautiful cardigan that Paula has sent us and she also crocheted the most beautiful blanket for little M which she has used since birth. I wish Paula had an Etsy shop so other people could share but here’s a glance […]
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Father’s Day
For Father’s Day I wanted to make a card for Martin and Mersina and I decided to find letters for their names around Bristol. Luckily they share many of the same letters but it was still quite an enterprise and I don’t think I was entirely successful. So this isn’t really a happy father’s day […]
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Craft time at the library
Tuesday is our busy day which starts with swimming at 10.30 and usually sees us stay out of the house for as long as possible seeing as we are already out there. We usually have unstructured time at the library or go to the soft play at At Bristol. For the first time, however, we […]
Ephemeral digest 