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Plum Roulette

August 26, 2010 in Jake, Mia by CiaranG | 2 comments

Mia has a talent for inventing strange new games. My all time favourite was blindfold dog hurdling. Just to be clear, it was Mia that was blindfolded (by pulling her T-shirt over her head) and the dog was the unwilling hurdle. The game only ended, as you might have already guessed, when the dog decided enough was enough and went to find somewhere else to try and sleep.

Today’s invention is Plum Roulette. Place your bets…

Plum Roulette - Place your bets

The wheel is part of a washing machine I dismantled. It spins very well. No more bets now…

Plum Roulette

Jake supplied the plums, straight from the tree. They’re not quite ripe yet, but that doesn’t really matter when you’re not eating them.

Plum Roulette - No more bets

Jake the Egg

March 26, 2010 in Chicks, Ducks, Jake by CiaranG | 1 comment

Jake has appointed himself chief egg collector:

egg1

A task he takes very seriously:

egg2

Every day:

egg3

Underage II

March 24, 2010 in Jake, Mia, Rants by CiaranG | 3 comments

I realise I’ve ranted about this before, but I make no excuses for it, and I’ll do it again if the opportunity arises. Just look at this:

Yes, the sticker says “25″ with a line through it, and “Are you old enough?”. And yes, it’s a child’s cutlery set, with a knife you’d be hard pushed to slice off a piece of ripe brie with, let alone stab a rival gang member in a dark alley. Let’s have a look at the back:

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Child_1

November 20, 2008 in Jake by CiaranG | 5 comments

jake

Child_0 has been joined by Child_1. This comes a couple of weeks too late to be an announcement, but welcome to the world, baby Jake.

Feel free to use the comments to ask the obligatory “How much did he weigh?” question, but only if you can also explain why it’s so important to ask that. Why not “How long is his left index finger?” for example?

P.S. I have worked with someone who allegedly had cats named Cat_0, Cat_1, Cat_2 etc. There’s an imaginary prize waiting for anyone who knows (or can guess) who that was.