Out and about
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Rescuing a starfish
Today we got to be real-life Octonauts! Ari was splashing around in a tide pool and we spotted a large starfish slowly moving around on the sand. The pool was already dozens of meters from the receding tide, so we sounded the Octo-alert and in the absence of a sweet Tweak-designed GUP, we managed to… Continue reading
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Question: What was the most surprising thing about the fog today?
That the smoke from the chimneys on the houses mixed with the fog and made it even thicker so you couldn’t drive through it. Ari, 5 This was a good one! It was a very foggy day, but manageable. We were trying to drive down to a local playground and had to take an alternate… Continue reading
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Real life Octonauts in Galway
Today in Ari’s class’ parents WhatsApp group, someone mentioned that a scientific research ship was moored in the Galway docks and was open to visitors. Nathalie quickly booked a couple of free tickets and when the time came, we told Ari that we were going to visit a boat that sailed around the world studying… Continue reading
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Donkeys!
One of the wonderful things about Galway being such a small city is that urban, suburban and rural settings cosy up next to each other in laughably close proximity. A newly-renovated laneway in our very suburban part of town runs alongside an empty tract of land – a hilly meadow with gorse and wildflowers spread… Continue reading
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A picnic of plums and hot chocolate
Plums hot choc quote The Enchanted Wood, Enid Blyton After we recently explored one end of our newly renovated local lane, Ari had the idea to bring Ben down it and surprise him with a picnic at the end, as there was a lovely big tree and grassy patch there. We’ve been reading Enid Blyton’s… Continue reading
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The one with the tiny human (and six month’s worth of news 😅)
This post was first sent out from the Tiny Letter we set up after we moved to Lisbon in 2017. Ola friends, We’re just beginning to come up for air after welcoming a tiny new person into the world: Ari was born on August 5th here in Lisbon (or, to be more precise, across the… Continue reading
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In the eye of the (fun!) hurricane
This post was first sent out from the Tiny Letter we set up after we moved to Lisbon in 2017. Hello friend, Apologies for the hiatus – life has been a whirlwind of trips abroad, tips back to Dublin, and visitors to us here in Lisbon. Let’s get caught up! First things first: Could Ireland… Continue reading