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  Peter
celebrated his 7th birthday the other week by inviting
a handful of friends to see ‘The
Incredibles’ at the local cinema (it was excellent – if you haven’t seen
it, do - no matter how old you are!). One of his pals was ill on the day, so
Andrew came as well: we hadn’t been convinced that he’d be able to sit
through a two hour film but he loved it too. As ever, Peter is enjoying school,
even doing times tables, and he’s now reading pretty well, and discovering the
pleasure of books with real stories (although prefers it if we help out by
reading alternating pages). All that homework learning how to spell words has a
point after all. He’s into Power Rangers and
Bionicles at the moment – no
change from last year – but no signs of wanting to join his pals kicking a pig’s
bladder round a muddy field on cold and wet Saturday mornings (phew).
  Andrew
(4½) started school in September (joining Peter at Burford); he’ll be doing five mornings a week
until he goes
full-time in the summer term. It’s great to be able to say that he settled
down better than we had expected. He’s excited about starting to read and
write simple words, and still loves counting things at the slightest of
invitations. His eagerness for playing on the
computer hasn’t gone away (eg see here
and here), but in his quieter
moments enjoys playing with soft toys too. His latest favourites are a 12 foot
green snake bought at the school Christmas bazaar, and Bullseye, the horse from
Toy Story 2 (we went to see Toy Story 2 on Ice at the National Indoor Arena in
Brummyland in November - which went down well!).
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