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andrewducker
Last ever nursery drop off for Gideon.
He has Monday and Tuesday in a holiday club and then from Wednesday he's in school!
We've had a child in this nursery since 2019, it's going to be weird
to not be there any more.
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Aug. 7th, 2025 12:27 pmandrewducker
It was bath day, and I needed a physical book to read in the bath.
Thoughtfully my friends have written one and it was published a few days ago.
(The Needfire, MK Hardy. I'm two chapters in and rather enjoying it.)
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is here on Pixelfed.scot.
Interesting Links for 07-08-2025
Aug. 7th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. The U.S. Constitution website has removed important sections limiting states rights and removing Writ Habeas Corpus or the right to due process.
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Aug. 3rd, 2025 11:33 amandrewducker
Spent the day at a kids festival. Sophia's favourite act was the fake
Taylor Swift.
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is here on Pixelfed.scot.
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Life with two kids: death
Jul. 30th, 2025 11:51 amandrewduckerTwo days ago Sophia told us her thoughts about death. She had clearly thought about it a lot, worked through various things, and come to some interesting conclusions.
Unfortunately she told us all of this in front of Gideon, who has now spent two days bursting into tears intermittently and telling us he doesn't want to die.
I'm sure he'll also work through it, but in the meantime it's hard not to feel sorry for him. I suspect that starting school in two weeks and being away from home for a week aren't helping, as he's also intermittently telling us he wants to be back home.
Unfortunately she told us all of this in front of Gideon, who has now spent two days bursting into tears intermittently and telling us he doesn't want to die.
I'm sure he'll also work through it, but in the meantime it's hard not to feel sorry for him. I suspect that starting school in two weeks and being away from home for a week aren't helping, as he's also intermittently telling us he wants to be back home.
I'm confused about Palestine and Gaza
Jul. 29th, 2025 06:11 pmandrewduckerI'm possibly being dim here, but I can't see what "Recognising Palestine" does for the current humanitarian apocalypse.
(I'm not against it, but the government seem to be presenting it as somehow connected and I feel like I'm missing something.)
(I'm not against it, but the government seem to be presenting it as somehow connected and I feel like I'm missing something.)
Life with two kids: Design on the dancefloor.
Jul. 29th, 2025 03:01 pmandrewduckerIt's raining outside and Sophia was looking bored so I suggested she have a dance party
At which point she grabbed her cousin and they've spent the last half an hour decorating the dancefloor and designing tickets.
No dancing has yet occurred.
At which point she grabbed her cousin and they've spent the last half an hour decorating the dancefloor and designing tickets.
No dancing has yet occurred.
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Jul. 28th, 2025 03:47 pmandrewducker
We've gone on holiday on purpose!
(Us, my brothers, our families, my parents, and their dogs. Seven
adults and five kids altogether. Staying in a rented house half an
hour out of Southampton for a week.)
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is here on Pixelfed.scot.
