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A miraculous thing happened on Thursday evening. We were invited to a Rowan Kindergarten (E & Q’s class) parent soiree at the class rep’s flat, and……drum roll please…..we had a babysitter. Not even here quite a month and we scored a babysitter. Not only did we find David through a school parent [...]

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So….it seems that Elliot has discovered death. For about a month now we have been fielding a variety of questions about death and dying. It’s heartbreaking to witness the loss of the innocence for him, that belief that we’ll all just be here like this forever. But I suppose it’s a necessary [...]

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We had our first rainy walk to school this morning, a rather fun and of course wet, adventure. Quinton had the best situation, inside the buggy and under the rain cape fitted for it. Thank God my new raincoat arrived from Boden on Friday, or I would have been pretty soaked. There [...]

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The Steeves on Parliament Hill
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

Yesterday we ventured out to Hampstead Heath (known as “The Heath”), an extremely large park here in London, with intentions to head up Parliament Hill for a glimpse of the famous view. The weather gifted us a beautiful day, starting out cool and then the sun slowly [...]

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I’m in the shower this morning, and ask Dan to hand me a towel. The line-dried-because-we-have-no-tumble-dryer towel. He sends it over and says, “Here’s your sandpaper.” At which point we both start laughing hysterically. Ah, the absurdity of some things.
Speaking of absurdity, we were on the phone with British Telecom for [...]

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Quinton goes to school – first day!
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

(written on Sept 17)
Quinton headed off to school with Elliot today, with barely a look back as I said goodbye. He missed me so much throughout the morning that he greeted me in the garden with “No – I still want to play over there!” [...]

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A Proper Buggy
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

(written on Sept 12, note: two new postings below, also)
Quinton & I scored ourselves a proper buggy, AKA a stroller, today after dropping Elliot off for school. This is one thing Europeans definitely do better – all of the strollers are sleek, strong, light and glide along with [...]

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A Big Boy
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

(written on Sept 11)
So we’ll skip the details of yesterday, my worst day in London yet. They included Quinton breaking a lamp and me locking us out of the flat, which resulted in me hauling two upset young boys onto the bus and tube to get Dan’s keys [...]

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Elliot & Quinton outside palace gates
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
(written on Sept 10)
Yesterday we got out of Crouch End and headed to Central London to be tourists. The day started with the usual – the boys requesting ‘porridge.’ This is oatmeal, which for some odd reason, perhaps in preparation for their arrival here, they [...]

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Just a quick post today, as I still have to order groceries while I am at the internet cafe. (Wednesday’s internet connection in the flat cannot arrive quickly enough!).
Emma came to our home today to meet Elliot and get to know all of us better. We were very encouraged, and Elliot really enjoyed [...]

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