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Hello Blog. Remember me? The vasectomy edition.

When I was first at home with the children back in November 2014 I had a brief rash of blogging.  Everything we were doing was new and exciting and I had lots of funny observations to share.  The thing with kids though is that they like routine.  "What do you want to do today Toby?"  "Aeroplane Museum!".  "But we went there yesterday".  It doesn't matter.  They want it simple, they want familiarity.  In short, a small world.  I've heard it explained like this: if you are new to the world, say 2 years old, then everything is new.  It's only the second time you've seen snow (and you've already forgotten the first time) or heard spring birds sing or seen cherry blossom.  The world is overwhelming.  So really you just don't need too many wildly new experiences on top of all that.  Makes for a nice life but not a very exciting blog. Fast forward to May 2016.  Felicity starts school in September, Toby will go to pre-school and I will ho