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Tuesday 2nd December 2008

However, in August 1512, the Medici with the help of Pope Julius II used Spanish troops to defeat the Florentine forces at Prato
I like to think that I rarely use this blog thing to brag about what A****** and/or R****** are currently up to and what they can do; it's not really me and I think it would just be tiresome and dreary to have to read such stuff. I guess some people may be interested in how they're developing so I do try to write the little bit here and there but . . . what am I getting at here? Well, I'm hoping this next bit doesn't sound too much like me boasting about A******; that is not the intention. This afternoon, back for my lunch, I was startled to discover that A****** can write his own name, which got me thinking, "Christ, what else can he do that we don't know about and how long has he been able to write his own name? What else can he write?" See, neither M**** or I are all that pushy (we hope) with A****** and R******, but perhaps we're a bit too laid back. Mind you, perhaps most children can write their own name when they're two years old . . . we neither know nor care (well, not much anyway). Of course, the real important question is "But which hand was he using?" and the answer is both; he seemed pretty much equally at ease with either . . . so still no clear indication as to whether he'll take after his father or not, writing with the 'wrong' hand.