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Charlie, 5 friends and family enjoy a birthday curry at the Bengal Spice Restaurant in Catterick.

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It’s Charlie’s 9th Birthday today (9 – really… 9!!!)

He has some friends coming round to watch a DVD this afternoon and then off for a curry at a local restaurant.

He’s making great progress with his new Lego Star Wars Clone Turbo Tank (only 135 pages in the instruction manual!)

More photos later…

Charlie has broken his arm (Ulna) in an accident at a “soft play” centre (we know.. soft play… irony etc.) when one of his friends landed on him during another friend’s birthday party.

He’s been very brave.

Charlie's Green Cast

We spent a few hours on Thursday evening at A&E (Darlington Memorial Hospital) where they examined, X-ray’d and put a temporary cast on him. He has a “green stick fracture” of his forearm. This morning we went back to the hospital and Charlie now has an “above the elbow” cast in a fetching green colour which he’ll wear it for 3 weeks.

All the staff at the hospital were friendly and efficient and we were well looked after.

Meanwhile… who’s my goalkeeper for Sunday’s match?!

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Horsing around

Charlie and I had a great day out with (sister) Wendy and family over in Cumbria yesterday. Charlie had an excellent horse riding lesson with Wendy and progressed to enjoying “rising trot” under her tuition.

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There’s also some Videos here

Example Match Attax Card

In these modern and enlightened times of kids and their teachers being.. erm.. friends – it is a new tradition for the kids  to give their teachers a card (and sometimes a present!) at the end of the school year.

Charlie and his friends have gone crazy on the Match Attax footy trading cards (whither Panini stickers… sigh) – and recently have taken to making/drawing their own for their favourite players and themselves.

So I helped him design and make some cards for his lovely teacher (Miss Taylor) and TA (Mrs Illingworth).

SMSC 2009

We had our footy club annual presentation night yesterday evening. All our U8’s Saturday morning Soccer Club go medals and took part in a penalty competition.

CVJFC Website News Item

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Double Toothless Charlie

The Tooth Fairy is being kept busy by Charlie… as his second top-front tooth came out this evening at the FA skills football session in a freak “running/drink-bottle” incident.

Toothless Charlie!

Charlie’s first top front tooth has come out!

he is wavering on belief in the Tooth Fairy – seems to be happy to accept it for tonight.

Also check today’s latest spiky haircut.

Medieval Charlie

Today is Medieval Day for KS1 at Charlie’s school.
All the kids go in fancy dress and will have a packed lunch/picnic on the field.
Charlie’s costume is homemade by his Mum with support from his Dad.

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