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A record time with my wonderful granddaughter Catrin
June 3rd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of this blog will know of my affection for my granddaughter Catrin who is now three and third years old. I’ve been so fortunate that, since the day of her birth, I’ve been able to see her approximately once a week and regularly babysit for her parents. On several occasions, I’ve looked after […]
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Two wonderful days with my adorable granddaughter Catrin
May 1st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
As regular readers of this blog will know, I try to see my granddaughter Catrin – now three and a quarter – once a week and usually I collect her from nursery on Thursday and babysit her that evening while her parents are busy. This week has been different though because her nursery was closed […]
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Catching up with Catrin
March 29th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
As regular visitors to this blog will know, i usually try to see my adorable three year old granddaughter Catrin once a week. Here’s a couple of photos from our delightful time together this week. Catrin attempts to set a new world record for how much frozen yoghurt one can get into the standard cup. […]
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A fun day with my little friends Catrin and James
March 15th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Earlier this week, I spent the day in central London with my granddaughter Catrin (now three years and two months) and her little friend friend James (just three months older). Together with James’s mother Jen, we went on the Emirates Airline cable car and to The Crystal building [see more details here] before taking them […]
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My granddaughter Catrin’s favourite piece of music
January 24th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
As I explained in this posting, before Christmas I took my granddaughter Catrin – now just three years old – to her first film, the Walt Disney animation “Frozen” [my review here]. She loved it so much that her mother has taken her to see it for a second time – this time in 3D […]
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Another lovely day with my wonderful granddaughter Catrin
December 20th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Yesterday I spent all day with my granddaughter Catrin (now just one month short of her third birthday) who was allowed to miss nursery to go out with the me. The starting point was a stage show at the Leicester Square Theatre to see “Stick Man”. Catrin has already seen two stage productions with other […]
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My performance as Father Christmas at Catrin’s nursery
December 14th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Today it was the Christmas Bazaar at my granddaughter’s nursery and guess who they persuaded to be Father Christmas. Most of the children were two or three years old and several found the old man so scary that they burst into tears. But most of the children found Father Christmas a magical figure and loved […]
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A new definition of a crisis – or what happened when Catrin came to stay
November 30th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Our granddaughter Catrin stayed with us overnight for the third time in her near three years. This was so that her parents could celebrate one of them having a significant birthday. There was only one crisis and one episode. The crisis occurred when Catrin was all ready to go to bed dressed in her nappy […]
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A day at the museums with Catrin and James
November 3rd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
On Friday, I was able to take my granddaughter Catrin out of nursery for the day to join our young friend Jen and her son James who is just a few months older than Catrin. This is the third time in the last few months that Catrin and James have spent a day together and […]
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Another fun time with my granddaughter Catrin
September 25th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
As regular readers of NightHawk will know, I have a wonderful granddaughter called Catrin who is now 2 years and 8 months old. I try to see her once a week and, on two occasions, I’ve looked after her overnight – both times for one night only and at our house. However, I’ve just had […]
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