1. And sleep… (I'd hoped for a more exciting photo for the first day of the 2014 project but the day was busy and tiring and it was bedtime before I had a chance to take a photo, let alone the inclination. The Boy is on his second ear infection within six weeks and I spent a lot of the night nursing him as he screamed in pain. That saw us rush out to the Out of Hours doctor's surgery to get antibiotics, for which I was late as I had a horrendous headache and was finding it difficult to get going. Because I was late I drove too fast and set off a speed camera. I came home reticent but overjoyed to spend the afternoon with my brother and his family. Then I took mum for her Christmas present, to see Singin' In The Rain and have a meal after. I came home to discover a sweaty and sobbing little boy in pain. I hate Winter because of what it does to him.)
2. Reflecting (As we took down the Christmas tree and examined all the wonderful shininess of the baubles, we have a good old chat about our Christmas and all our favourite parts. The Boy loved seeing Edward the Elf, having new toys and spending time with people who came over to see us.)
3. Teamwork (We met up with some friends in Techniquest for the afternoon and The Boy and his friend had a great time exploring science displays and a 'Don't Do This At Home' science show.)
4. Aaaarrrr! (A friend gave us an unwanted pirate set which she'd bought from the damaged stock directly from Playmobil, randomly there was a vet in there! )
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Sounds like a nice calm start to the year. Such a shame that the Boy has been poorly, ear infections are really nasty, the poor thing. I really must take the boys to Techniquest on one of out trips to Wales this year.
Winter weather is awful for illness. I hope he is better now.
A pick n mix dinner sounds lovely!!
Lovely pics to start the year x
*Touches wood* we have been pretty lucky so far with poorliness; I do hope The Boy is on the mend now! x
Lovely photo with the Christmas tree. Sorry to hear The Boy has been ill.
I hope the Boy is feeling a little better, ear infections are the worst x
Aww, I hope he is much better now! My little monkey suffers with ear infections too! Not nice! x
Too much illness over the Christmas period. Both mine were ill at some point too.
Joining in with 365 this year – hopefully will see the year out with you.
Oh goodness ear infections are a real pain! Thankfully somehow this year we have managed to keep wee man colds at bay while hubby and I have suffered! Excited to be joining up this year and hopefully I succeed!
bless him and those horrid ear infections! is there nothing the GP can do for him – refer him to specilaist maybe?
Anyway, that asides and the awful day that went with it, some lovely photos and my favourite is the bauble one it is beautiful and magical and i love that i can see his reflection in the bauble x
Sorry to hear you've had problems with the boy's ears. Not nice. My first post is all ready to go, looking forward to sharing the journey this year.
And that's why I want to improve my photography skills! Wonderful photographs. I hope The Boy is feeling much better and the speed camera incident hasn't clouded your seek too much! PS Where's the link? Help!
Illness over Christmas (or at any time) is just awful. Hope the antibiotics have worked and he is back to his usual self
So to hear the Boy has been unwell, a lovely set of photos to start of the year. I love the one with the Christmas tree!
Ear infections are RUBBISH, poor little one. Lovely first set of photos, look forward to seeing more!
Look at that bridge building, fabulous
Lovely pictures there, especially love the Christmas tree one.
Sorry to hear the Boy has been so poorly, nothing worse than ear infections – hope he's better soon x
Gosh I hope The Boy is feeling better – ear infections are horrid! Seems to have been a lot of sickness this Christmas. Well I am here finally! Look forward to sharing some photos 🙂
I love that little bridge 🙂 And how he wore his paper crown to take down the decorations.
I love Techniquest, it looks like they're having great fun. I love the reflection of The Boy in the Christmas tree bauble – very clever. I hope The Boy is feeling better now.
Oh bless him ear infections are nasty! I can't cope with them as an adult! I love your pictures. I'm joining in for the first time and I'm hoping it will help me take better pictures eventually.
Really cute pics. Hope the ear infection makes an exit soon. (My first time joining in, so hopefully will manage to keep up!)
Love that he's still wearing his Christmas hat and looking much better x
wow a second ear infection .. aww bless him! I love the reflection shot it think its lovely x
Ear infections are the worst for little ones! My youngest suffers too!
Beautiful pictures!
Looking forward to seeing many more throughout the year!
I hope the boys ear feels better soon, I suffered with ear infections right through my childhood so you and he have my sympathy.
It's lovely to reflect on Christmas as you pack it away.
Techniquest looks amazing fingers crossed we'll visit Cardiff again this year and get a chance to go in.
I didn't know you could get damaged stock direct from playmobil, but a fantastic addition for the boy
Oh, isn't winter horrid for children? I've currently got both of mine on antibiotics and calpol/ibuprofen and they've been poorly for around two weeks.
The Boy is so adorable xx
I hope the ear infection has cleared up. I love the photo of The Boy and his reflection in the Christmas bauble.
Hate how illness seems to have affected so many family Christmases. Seems you kept going womanfully through it all. Beautiful boy.
He looks so snuggly and adorable asleep! Thanks for hosting again
Oh no ear infections are horrendous, I hope the boy is feeling better now? Looks like the rest of the week was fun and I love the reflection photo there 🙂
Another ear infection – that totally sucks. It would appear from the images from the rest of the week that things picked up
The ear infections sounds so awful, I hope it's gone away now and doesn't come back 🙁
Oh what a rubbish start to the year, hope he's better now. My favourite photo is the decorations one, such lovely colour. I really want to improve my photography this year, part of the reason of switching to #52 quality over quantity (or something!)
What lovely photos. I hope your lovely boy gets better soon. We take our Christmas tree down tonight, after my daughter goes to bed. I think she will be in tears seeing it come down.
Hope the boy is feeling much better soon, rubbish start to the year 🙁
Hope the boy's feeling better! I love the christmas tree photo, I like the way you've captured his reflection in the bauble!
It's good to know that even a 'veteran' 365er like you occasionally needs to take a sleeping shot. Hope he's feeling better soon.
Lovely Photos from the week.
Ear injections are just horrible, hope he feels better soon. Lovely reflective pic.
Hope the boys ok, my eldest has an ear infection at the moment and its not much fun for them.
Ear infections suck! I hope the little guy is feeling a bit better now. Lovely photos!! x
I have to admit I was so relieved to take down our decorations – I have had a good sort out of toys too and taken them to the charity shop.
Love the picture of the boy with the bauble xx
Good to see The Boy better by the end of the week. I hope you don't get a ticket for speeding (but if you do and are offered the Driver Awareness Course, I can recommend that!)
I remember when Techniquest opened and taking our boys there. A great place to go for science!
So sorry to hear the boy has been poorly! Hope he's feeling better now!
Great set of pics to start the year x
I hated taking the tree down, it means Christmas is over 🙁 I hope The Boy is feeling better now
Sorry to hear The Boy has been poorly, ear infections are the worst. Looks like your week picked up though :-). I did the 366 project in 2012 and am attempting it again this year. I blogged briefly but could never properly get my head around the technical side of things. This year I have set up a simple blog to post my photos on, separate to my old one I used in 2012. I'm so sorry, I can't work out how to put your badge on?! I've copied and pasted the text but it just comes out as text? Looking forward to sharing the photo journey of 2014 with you and others!
Your photos are stunning as usual, glad little man us feeling better x x
We've been fighting chest infections here, for what seems like months. Hope the boy is much better now. My four days feature two sleeping children, we've had quite a few quiet days so far this year! I'm determined to complete it 'properly' this year.
would grommets not help his ears? Nothing worse than ear ache no wonder he cries it is horrendous pain.
Its good for children to reflect back on events like Christmas and I am sure he will miss Edward.
The reflections picture is nice.
Love the sleepy head poking out of the duvet shot!
Oh poor Boy and his ear. Sammy managed to turn a nagging cough into a bit of a chest infection but anti-biotics are now on board. Your year is off to a good start except for the ear infection! I will do my very best to link up this year. I love the idea of a year of records! 😉
Karin
Great photos – love the sleepy shot. Look forward to seeing your gorgeous boy grow in 2014!
Beautiful photos, my favourite is the final photo with the slight reflection in the glass.
Hope the Boy is feeling better soon. Earache and infections are horrid things.
Beautiful photos, sorry The Boy has been poorly x We have all had a poor start to the year too, coughs and colds and fevers x I have not recognised my children so hope they are back to themselves soon x
Oh bless, love when they are sleeping, but worry when they are poorly, hope he is all better now.
It is sad in a way taking the Christmas things down, but only another 335 days and photographs until we can put them up again 🙂
Got to love Random surprises even with playmobil, we LOVE playmobil here at home x
So sorry the boy started the year poorly 🙁 may 2014 bring you all health and happiness and all the blogging recognition you deserve xxx
Ps love the vet pirate!
Hopefully no more ear pain for The Boy and speeding tickets for you! Wonderful shot of taking down the baubles. Thank you for hosting this Project 365 – I decided to take the plunge and join in!
Aww I have a sleepy photo of a poorly bubba on mine too! Hope The Boy is feeling better now? Tiny and Fluffy have been poorly since 27th Dec. Fluffy is getting better now, but I've been into hospital with Tiny and back and forth to the docs.
As promised… I've joined Project 365! 🙂
Love the bridge photo! Sorry to hear The Boy has been poorly – hope he's better now. I guess the good thing is that they do tend to grow out of these things so there's less of them as they grow up. Thanks for hosting again xx
So sorry that The Boy has been ill, we had our first experience of an ear infection with the 4yo over Christmas, just horrible. Love the photo with the bauble, such a wonderful expression on his face x Thanks for hosting, really looking forward to this project 🙂
Oh no sorry to hear about the ear infection!! Hope he is feeling much better now!!
Love the pic with the christmas bauble.
Oh, I don't miss those ear infection days! Hope he's feeling better and that you have a healthy rest of the winter.
Love the photos, as always! Especially the reflection in the Christmas ornament. Lovely!
A lovely collection of pictures!
A beautiful set of images, i'm so glad your continuing the journey x
Lovely photos x
Sorry to hear about the horrid ear infections 🙁 Techniquest sounds like great fun!
look at all that stripy action! happy new year x