And so it begins ...

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... the ceaseless round of school terms and extra-curricular activities. Starting with music classes on Monday after school (Kodály and Dalcroze methods thank you very much, none of that dodgy Suzuki stuff) and ballet on Saturday morning. We are slightly late jumping on this merry-go-round as we got held up with stuff like Katy's 5th birthday party (at a traditional gym hall, very popular with children of various ages) and a visit from 10-year old Bavarian cousin Jack. Taking two kids to Legoland fairly shredded my nerves, but the uncle-nephew axis was very usefully strengthened over curry and Dr Who videos. Although they didn't obviously interact very much, it has clearly been very important to Katy to be able to show off her cousin at the school gates and she has been writing little notes about "I love my family" in her drawing activities. She has also switched on to Lego remarkably quickly, so presumably will have no trouble with the instructions for flatpack furniture when she emerges from the educational system at the other end.

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