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Tag: dolls house

Weekend Highlights: from Football to a Doll House (with a car boot sale in between!)

Posted on April 11, 2011April 12, 2011 by BritMumInNZ

Got to admire him… Partying till 1am (YouDo 4th Birthday), woken at 6am by his daughters jumping on him, spends the morning delivering flyers to advertise the school car boot sale, and then attempts a game of football. Twenty minutes into the game he’s injured and hobbles off the pitch. But his support crew stay…

Brum, brum! Beep, beep! Alice at 13 months.

Posted on April 5, 2011April 11, 2011 by BritMumInNZ

Our little girl is a real toddler now. All running, climbing and creating mayhem, mess and mischief. With older sisters about there are so many goodies to get her hands on… pen marks aplenty are being found on walls and furniture – eek! Thought it was about time I shared a few pages out of…

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