Bellerophon symbol, variation 7 jonath.co.uk
Tuesday 2nd Dec 2008 21:05:31
 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.

Comments received:

  • Name: Former Line Manager
  • IP address: 193.113.57.165
  • Date/time: Thursday 4th December 2008 08:28:24
  • Comment: Well done A******. While we're bragging, our Ollie has learnt all his letters off the side of a tall bus. I say this not so much in a spirit of oneupmanship but more in one of solidarity with the not being pushy. All the grandparents are saying "oh, he knows all his letters, you can have him reading in a month or so" but we think no. Imagine us sitting there "come on Ollie, concentrate, it's dog, look dog". Anyway he'd be so bored for the whole of his first year at school if he turned up there able to read. There's plenty of time....
  • Name: another parent
  • IP address: 91.107.196.215
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  • Date/time: Saturday 6th December 2008 23:06:44
  • Comment: well done A******! clever boy! It's nice to hear how they are getting on, and i must confess i find those parts of your blog easier to understand than a lot of it! Hope our blog isn't full of "bragging", but it is a great way to let distant friends and family who rarely see him know how he's getting on - and i guess if its tiresome and dreary no-one has to read it! Hope A****** is getting over his tonsililitis. Rob needs to phone you as we can't make the rearranged date (wedding to attend etc).
  • Name: jonath
  • IP address: 192.168.0.1
  • Date/time: Tuesday 16th December 2008 22:14:59
  • Comment: I wasn't really thinking about other people's blogs when I wrote that entry, just my own. I was thinking about the potential reader and how it would sound to them. I'm kind of wondering now which parts of my blog are difficult to understand. Hmmmmm.

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