Monthly Archives: December 2012

2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by katese11

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 16,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading →

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Just to say….

Posted on December 24, 2012 by katese11

a very merry Christmas to each and every one of you. May Christmas bring you as many obscure Octonauts toys as you could ever hope for. See you in the New Year!

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News! News! News!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by katese11

I have news! No, I’m not pregnant. That’s a different Kate you’re thinking of.  I have news of the may-interest-other-people-too genre. Now, where’s that miniature trumpet I usually use for these kind of announcements? Darn, can’t find it. You’ll have … Continue reading →

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Southbank Christmas Market – 16/12/12

Posted on December 16, 2012 by katese11

Regular readers of mine will know that my watchwords for this blog are “accuracy”, “clarity” and “focus”. I would never offer anything up to you that was “half-arsed”, “rambling” or “irrelevant”. And I’d like to think that these words reflect … Continue reading →

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Pets in Pants – a book review

Posted on December 14, 2012 by katese11

This may be a little off-topic for my blog, but I was asked to review this book and I couldn’t say no. It features lots of pets. Wearing pants. What’s not to love? Turns out it was a good day … Continue reading →

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Christmas Shopping on Oxford St – Mother and Baby edition

Posted on December 11, 2012 by katese11

Yes, yes once again this sounds like madness. I’d considered myself lucky to escape from Primark alive a few days back. But when you’re in a Nandos in Berners St and you need to go shopping, Oxford St doesn’t seem … Continue reading →

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Christmas Shopping on Oxford St – Father and Son edition

Posted on December 11, 2012 by katese11

This is a Guest Post from Mr katese11, aka Nathan. Londonwithatoddler accepts no responsibility for the contents of this post, and views expressed represent the author’s own. I was planning on merging this with my own version (which you can … Continue reading →

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London with a Tiddler part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by katese11

Eva and I have been busy again. Evidence keeps suggesting that the best way to keep Eva asleep during the day is just to keep moving. How does that work for me? Ah, it doesn’t really…but it means we’ve had … Continue reading →

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Primark with a baby

Posted on December 4, 2012 by katese11

I know. This sounds like craziness. But I’m still giddy from a) being able to travel around London without Roo and all his stuff (bless nursery!) and b) being able to leave the house at all after Roo’s crazy stomach-antics. … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Pudding Race and the “Rise of the Guardians” Funland – 01/12/12

Posted on December 2, 2012 by katese11

Longest blog title. EVER. What it should have said was “we wandered around Central London a bit in the cold”. But in doing so, we both watched “The Christmas Pudding Race” and visited a winter playground in Leicester Square. I … Continue reading →

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