MISSING TEDDY
TOM TOM!
Aren’t they just brilliant. Not the drums, but a little piece of technology, made in china, of course, and missing from my ‘must have’ list up until today. THE SATNAV!
Borrowing one from a friend to get from Birmingham to Northampton for our ECM debriefing at the end of our Home assignment, brought an unknown matrimonial harmony and peace in our car on arriving at the office.
Arriving early due to good navigation, and the sun shining all day, made it a happy one. I LOVE BEING IN BRITAIN on days like today.
Feliz Cumpleaños
Countdown to Christmas
20 eager small fingers excitedly opened the first advent calendar envelope on Saturday. I know eating sweets before breakfast isn’t very PC, but it was worth it to hear the boys excited chatter. Day 1 of an advent calendar is always trial and error with a 2 and a 4 year old. Modifications were in place for day 2. I popped a second sweet into the remaining 23 envelopes, as well as to avoid the replay of a confused and very upset 2 year old unable to understand where his sweet was as his brother happily munched!!
It is amazing how quick to tots will move through the morning routine knowing there is a sugar fix ahead. Day 2: we moved the advent calendar slot to after breakfast and before brushing teeth, for all you dentist friends out there. Lovely!
Preparing for celebrating Jesus birthday this year has been meaningful and special. It trully feels like the excitement of building up to a birthday as we bring new ways of celebrating together this special month into our family.
Granny and Grandpa
How would you spend your time if you were 4 or 2 years old and you hadn’t seen gran and grandpa for 15 months? Gabriel(4) and Asier(2) enjoyed a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks with their Scottish grandparents doing the simple things of feeding the ducks, lots of ice-cream eating, the park and picnics etc this October, while Edgar was in the Canaries for a 2 weeks church mission.

Pirate picnic in our lovely communal garden, enjoying warm sunny autumn weather.
It’s all downhill from here!

Last weeks of Summer.
Well the new diary is bought for the school year sept 07-june 08. Rather nice it is, but so far empty.
Summer holidays are winding down as the weather cools and first signs of autumn are already around. 2 and 1/2 weeks left of hols, at least for me and the boys, Edgar has been back working since mid august. Some of his time is being taken these weeks, hunting down good visual youth resources and video editing, for use in seminars, talks for youth events this term.
This week I will begin to plan the programme for the preschoolers sunday school (ages 2-4) for our church here in Villalba. We are looking for a new teacher for this year to substitute the lovely Lidia, who is in England learning to speak Queen’s english and study. I begin teaching an hour’s english every morning for the next 2 weeks, to 2 neighbours girls, Irene and Nuria. That will help get into the swing of preparations for the autumn term. It is always hard to get down to it when you work from home.
There are some great family activities to look forward to in the last couple of weeks of school holidays before Gabriel returns to nursery on 12th Sept: special storytelling/puppets in the main library, and a mini celtic connections weekend, of pipes and fiddle concerts, some free in the local parks. See you there Jimmy!
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