Archives for January 2012

Banana muffin supremos

This was written by Faolán on 8th January 2012 at 4:00 pm when he was 2 months, 16 days, 9 hours old | Leave a Comment

Also on this day... Tens of thousands of South Africans rallied in Bloemfontein to mark the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress.
Kate and two of my cousins baking

My mum is now an expert in baking banana muffins. We always seem to have some old, over-ripe bananas around that need throwing away – or using! We prefer the latter…

Today we had a visit from my cousins and their mum and dad.
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My new cot

This was written by Faolán on 6th January 2012 at 11:00 pm when he was 2 months, 14 days, 16 hours old | Leave a Comment

Also on this day... Sad news that Bob Holness, who hosted the cult daytime quiz show Blockbusters, died at the age of 83.
Me asleep in my new cot

I’ve been recovering from my Christmas and New Year exertions the last few days, so my blog has been quiet.

Tonight, though, was the first night in my new cot and that’s something I had to talk about! Up till now I’ve been sleeping in a Moses basket, which had simply got too small.
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Happy New Year!

This was written by Faolán on 1st January 2012 at 12:10 am when he was 2 months, 8 days, 17 hours old | Leave a Comment

Also on this day... The US space agency NASA succeeded in placing two new satellites in orbit around the Moon to map gravity variations across the lunar body.
Us at midnight on New Year's Eve

So, Happy New Year to you all!

We all got dressed up ready for a cold and wet Donegal night and headed to the Christmas Tree in the Diamond in Carndonagh. At midnight, the new year is rung in with a bell and music out the side of a lorry!
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