http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ en-us kary@speckledgoat.co.uk 2010-02-25T18:42:49+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000518.html What a week it has been. A short while ago I saw an advert for a Deputy Headship of a school in Canterbury. It was much closer to home and so I sent in a speculative application not expecting anything... 518@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-02-25T18:42:49+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000517.html The house is quiet as I try to do some work related research this afternoon. As I read, my eyes wander to the sleeping bundle visible in the adjoining window. She is curled into a tiny ball; a blanket pulled... 517@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-02-18T21:36:15+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000515.html So time plods ever onwards. Ruby's first Christmas is over and a fine time was had by all. The emotion of it all kicked in on Christmas Eve, just as I had thought it would. We took her to the... 515@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2010-01-03T10:26:35+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000514.html Christmas Eve in the Godsell house. I sit and wonder how it happened. Where has the last year gone? I am thinking a lot about Christmas last year and how much things have changed. My brother and Claire were somewhere... 514@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-12-24T08:59:52+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000513.html 1. Her smile. How her whole face lights up and even her ears smile. I love her laughs and her infectious giggles. 2. Her kisses. She kisses everything. She has a favourite book at the moment. She kisses the toy... 513@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-11-04T08:32:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000512.html Ruby has a new game. There is a small compartment on her activity table, just the right size to hold one of her favourite shapes. Mummy hides a shape inside and Ruby 'finds' it. We have played this game several... 512@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-27T08:36:14+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000511.html May I first begin with a huge thank-you to everyone who attended Ruby's christening last weekend. We extend a super-special thank-you to Claire for making such an amazingly beautiful dress. Cutting up my wedding dress seems a distant, painless memory... 511@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-24T21:16:03+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000510.html ...as the peroxide blonde child washed my hair in the salon this morning she asked (in that hairdresser way)...'Are you goin' aht tonight?' I replied 'No, we don't get out much with our eight month old' Her reply? 'I suppose... 510@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-10-03T20:36:34+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000509.html Being the cricket fan that I am, the recent Ashes series filled me with excitement and despair in equal measure. I have watched as much of the series as a 7 month old newly mobile baby would allow and relished... 509@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-08-24T08:07:00+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000508.html Ruby is now mobile. It is official. She is now off and going. Gone is the bottom up/face plant method in favour of a far more efficient commando style crawl. No longer can I put her down, pop to the... 508@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-08-14T14:23:11+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000507.html Ruby seems to be making new advances every day at the moment. Yesterday she accidentally ended up on her hands and knees; the look of shock on her face was fantastic. She has since been trying very hard to repeat... 507@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-08-05T09:01:14+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000506.html I am feeling very proud of myself this morning. On our last trip to the Health Visitor I was told 'In the next two weeks you need to allow her to sleep in her own room' I was understandably horrified... 506@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-07-25T12:48:20+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000505.html I apologise in advance for the content of most of this Summer's posts. I am going to make the most of the fact that I have a whole Summer with my beautiful girl and a platform where I can gush... 505@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-07-24T17:09:38+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000504.html Ruby just did something amazing. Perhaps not amazing to you out there but to me, it was amazing. She played merrily on her mat until she spotted her teething keys just peeping out from underneath Farm Tails. She pulled herself... 504@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-07-21T17:18:44+00:00 http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/archives/000503.html Ruby was six months old on Friday. I can not quite believe it. Half a year has gone by since I held the tiny 5lb 9oz bundle in my arms for the first time. It seems like yesterday but at... 503@http://www.speckledgoat.co.uk/ 2009-07-20T14:40:50+00:00