Good morrow from the new year! And here we are, out the other side of Excessmas, getting ready for The Final Push. Ooooh, that sounds ominous. And optimistic. And delusional. And rather finite, too. There is a tentative plan brewing, Read more
Oh my goodness. It seems like only yesterday that Big Seymour and I were Celotexing in Number One’s embryonic bedroom a year ago. Back then, the air was thick with choke-inducing, man-made dust and our breath was visible in amongst Read more
On Friday, The Four Little Seymours had a day trip. We went to London – that legendary place where the streets are made of gold, where the BFG lurks in the Queen’s garden and where everything is posh, stylish and Read more
There is boot polish in the bread bin. There are Christmas cards in the biscuit tin. There’s a patio set on the rubble pile, and there is an infinte number of additional boxes, packages and parcels squirrelled into every available Read more
Shuffle, creak, thud. Down the ladder he came, the wrong way: a man on a mission. Yes, Boy Seymour was so adamant that my birthday on Sunday would be “a good day” that he took it upon himself to get Read more
I’m very sad. Mini Seymour has just wriggled and gurned her way through her last nativity show. She may be my smallest Seymour, but she’s getting big now. The Nativity Extravaganza this year was very current. There were hashtags and Read more
Dearest Ali and Nicky, Your calendars are already on their way. Love you. If anyone else would like one, please click the link below; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192750765874 Your calendar will be entitled “Especially for Friends of The Four Little Seymours”. (Just message Read more
Something weird has happened. I appear to have created some actual “Four Little Seymours” merchandise. It was accidental, and happened when I stumbled across a calendar deal online. “Ooooh,” thought I. “I wonder if I can whip up a calendar Read more
Little Seymour Number One is confused. It’s not the Year Ten Maths and its quadratic equations that are doing it. Nor the Chemistry homework she was recently set. On this occasion, it is something far less obvious and it has Read more
I had a delivery yesterday. A man rang me to say that he was at the Ostentatious Gates. He had a something for us. High Definition, he said. Brighton Road. You what? said I. I have a delivery for High Read more