And here comes Christmas! Hot chocolate and happy sighs 😀
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It’s so much fun, when Christmas comes to town…
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A cold and frosty morning at school yesterday!
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I haz treated myself to my ‘official’ dissertation notebook
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Emily fell asleep reading Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls last night 🙂
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It just wouldn’t be xbox without a Santa hat.(good luck figuring THAT one out, archivists of the future!)
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Wowsers! 😀 look at my gorgeous boy, I can’t believe how big he’s got.
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My beautiful girl’s school Christmas party today. End of a cracking term for her!
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Daniel got his first secondary school progress report today – and proud recipient of a Recognition Award!
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Really lovely Christmas carol concert for Daniel’s school today in Durham Cathedral. And kudos to the soloist – something very special about hearing a child sing Once in Royal David’s City acapella while the entire cathedral—full of 1100 children and their families—is totally silent.
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Just seen Mary Poppins Returns which was, of course, practically perfect in every way! 😉 Hope everybody has a very merry Christmas & wonderful things in 2019. Lots of love from The Browns!
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The Christmas Eves of Christmas Past and Present!
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Good morning world. Not such a happy Christmas as usual for us; poor old Emily has been up since 2am with sickness bug. Lots of snuggles for us today! Hope everyone else has a lovely day.
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Patients 1&2 are sound asleep and already the anti-emetic from urgent care seems to be helping Emily. With any luck, a good night’s sleep will do them good, we won’t join them, and we can have Christmas Take 2 tomorrow.
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Our creative family time. Emily is very proud of her 3d jigsaw, Daniel made a train, Andrew rocked Daniel’s guitar (in his own way) and I’m rather proud of my attempt at a 3d pen Sorting Hat 🙂
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I don’t know about the rest of the uk but Co Durham is seeing out 2018 in style with this lovely sunset. Happy new year to everyone!
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