It's going to have to be my mission in life, to capture the definitive picture of Bradley and his pout as he goes to kiss someone. Here he's relaxed it for the photograph.

Just some pix from the weekend's trip to Telford Town Park. We went on Saturday to feed the ducks, but it was bitterly cold with horizontally blown snow. Sunday was much better with warm sun and blue sky.

Now I have a neat-o video camera I'd like to add more videos to my blog postings, but all I'm getting from MPEG4s of the first screen are black screen grabs, so looks like I need to convert them to MPEG2s first, which rather defeats the point. Humph.

I love my kids drawings, and the stories behind them. Esme's always drawing princesses. Well, she wants to be one and is always dressing up as one. Brad, he likes dinosaurs though they frighten him and he's had a few bad dreams about them

Another throwing stones trip to Ironbridge. Amazing the differences between seasons.

• May 2003
• Aug 2003
• Oct 2003
• Jan 2004
• May 2004
• Aug 2004 with avi files

Esme had to go to a girlie pyjama party. Sue's daughter Amy. And me and Brad go on a lad's afternoon out

Another trip the Bridgenorth.

• October 2003
• November 2004

We go the the Kinnersley Arms in Leighton as often as we can which means once a month if we're lucky. It's a 5 mile drive. Started going there on my way back home from fishing (November 2003). Just after Bradley was born, and numerous occasions since:

• November 2003
• May 2003
• March 2003
• October 2004

Oakengates Theatre
And a great time was had by all. Bradley was a little scared of the nasty fairy, kept saying, "tell me when this bit is finished, Dad!" And hiding is face in the back of the seat. Them pulling it back to peep through under his arm.

We went with some friends of Amanda' sister, Amanda was to go but had to drop at the last minute, so as a stand in I was very pleased. Even if the main 'Buttons' character was quite camp and some of the jokes fairly risque. On the weekends apparently they are—for the parents. In the weekdays for the schools he's... well I can only guess.

>His decision means tickets will be in even more in demand when they go on sale on April 3. Phone booking lines will open on a Sunday, when the exchange is less busy, to avoid last year's problems, when hundreds of thousands of fans were unable to get through. Tickets will cost £125, up from last year's £112, and will be limited to two a person.

In an attempt to foil touts and avoid tickets being sold for extortionate sums on eBay, photo ID will be required.

I'd like a bit of that this year, maybe take the kids. I've been twice: once in 1984 and once in 1991.

The antlers

We spied some antlers in Dawley as we were looking for hair bands. Esme decided she wanted a pair. Bradley thought they were, "too girlish." So we went into Town to check on some other bits of pre-Xmas shopping and to see if there were any more antlers. We asked in every likely shop, as by then Bradley was very keen on the idea of antlers. But none were suitable. We ended back in the first shop with a pair with bells on.

To see them both running off playing reindeers and to listen to Bradley's jingling—ah, to be a kid again.

However, too many people laughed. The next day Bradley wouldn't wear his. Esme was nervous too and told me that people were laughing at her. I replied, "not laughing at, laughing with." This seemed to allay their fears and more jingling and galloping playing was had by all, plus smiles from passers-by.