Category Archives: Family Life

Living and growing as a family

Heaven & Hell

Don’t panic! This is not a post about religion. I haven’t seen the light. I won’t be standing at the seafront this weekend with sombre-faced pensioners preaching at bemused passers-by. I’m having a really strange time recently. Surreal. Bizarre. While … Continue reading

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Road To Recovery

Phew! The last week has been excruciating, folks. I woke up last Tuesday and couldn’t stand up. Had to crawl around for a while until I loosened up enough to stand and get dressed. Assuming that I’d feel better after … Continue reading

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Mr Levee Is On Sick Leave!

The last few days have been a traumatic time for Mr Levee. You may have noticed his absense in blog land. The story is that he managed to throw his back out on Tuesday morning and has been unable to … Continue reading

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Swaddling Baby

Baby D is coming along nicely since his arrival in August. He’s gone through many little phases to get where he is today and now there’s a smiley, giggling wee man living among us. Except at naptimes. When the normally … Continue reading

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The Prison

Walking out of work this evening was like being released from prison for a few hours. Today was a hellish day in a fortnight of hellish days. Here’s the craic: I work as a manager in Belfast. For the past … Continue reading

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Anti-Social Tantrums & Restaurants

Consider this post an open letter to the customers of the Sainsbury’s restaurant at Forestside in Belfast on Saturday. The family had just popped in for a quick bite while we decided what to do for the rest of the … Continue reading

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Santa Goes To Jail

It seems our two year old Jay is a bit obsessed with the disappearance of all the Christmas decorations over the past few days. So much so that he has even concocted his own wee story about the cause of … Continue reading

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Parenting In A Funk

I’ve been feeling a little bit under the weather lately, folks. Been forced to use up my holiday leave before the end of the year, so I took a lot of time off work this last couple of weeks. The … Continue reading

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Rome: A Short Levee Holiday

Bongiovi! Almost a week since I posted here and no-one’s missed me yet? Did anyone call Missing Persons? Ah well…. The Levee crew (as we don’t call ourselves) went for a wee jaunt to Rome last Sunday for a few … Continue reading

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The Many Faces Of Santa?

It seems like everywhere we go these days Santa appears. So much so that even our 4 year old has started to get suspicious. When asked by her granny the other day whether she had been to see Santa yet, … Continue reading

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