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Author Archives: katese11
“The Snowman” Winner Announced
Happy Monday, World! I’ll keep this brief as I find it hard to blog with a bowl of cereal in one hand and kids demanding things by shouting in my ear…but, we have a winner for “The Snowman” comp. Congratulations … Continue reading
Competition time!! The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre
Like any girl who’s grown up on the Sadlers Wells’ series of books, I get excited at the very mention of those two words. So I was thrilled when I had an e-mail from them, asking me to run a … Continue reading
Reuben Writes to The American Police
In what might be a first for this blog, one of my children is providing the copy for this post. Partly because they’re readily available labour and I don’t need to pay them but also because this is something quite … Continue reading
London Without a Toddler – “Bits of Me are Falling Apart”
9th November was a very dark day for me. I don’t need to explain why but you’ll understand why I needed an antidote to the extreme right-wing lemons that life had just given us all. And who better to alleviate … Continue reading
Comic-Con – 28/10/16
It’s been a while since I last went to a ComicCon and quite honestly, I didn’t really plan to go to this one. Nathan and the kids were going with some friends from church and I planned to finish work, … Continue reading
“Kate in Oz” – The Kate & Mim-Mim Premiere – 22/10/16
London is a city of contrasts and it’s fair to say that Eva and I experienced two extremes today – a swanky Soho premiere in the morning and a romp around Epping Forest in the afternoon. Not that she wanted … Continue reading
Feel Good Extreme – 15/10/16
If you live in the Walthamstow area, you might have noticed a new leisure centre opening and you may even have discussed it on Facebook (which is as much as I’m saying on that subject). I had certainly noticed it … Continue reading
Posted in Token attempts at exercise (leisure centres)
Tagged cake, coffee, East London, soft play
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Big Fish Little Fish at Museum of London Docklands – 08/10/16
Phew, that title was a bit of a mouthful. Yes, it’s BFLF time again and this time it was somewhere I’ve always wanted to go to but never got round to – Museum of London Docklands. It’s just kinda out … Continue reading
Posted in Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out)
Tagged disco, East London, museum
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British Museum – 25/09/16
It’s been a long time since we last visited the British Museum – while I loved the idea of it from E Nesbit books and half-remembered school trips, it never seemed like a very practical place to take small … Continue reading
Posted in Token attempts at culture (museums)
Tagged cake, Central London, coffee, museum, playground
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BerkoFest – 10/09/16
It’s Nathan’s birthday. Those of you who have seen the early morning wonders bestowed on him by our children will be surprised to learn that there was more to this day than a home made paper aeroplane (Eva) and a … Continue reading