http://fancyablether.blogsome.com Blether: a good chat, catch up Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:46:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may remember that Gabriel´s faithful life-long teddy companion, Daddy teddy, got lost this summer!  we have been on the lookout for a new special friend for Gabri and we found him on Saturday! In Gabri´s own words he is the softest, smiliest, cutest friend ever!  He accompanied us home from ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/11/17/a-new-best-friend-2/ Hallowe’en or Fall festivals, depending on your outlook and background, mark the beginning of the dark nights and chillier evening which require us to scramble for our hats scarves and gloves (except my 3 boys who never seem to feel the cold!). We have enjoyed celebrating dressing up with games and ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/11/08/autumn-fun/ We have just enjoyed spending a beautiful autumn weekend with the other members of the Spanish ECM team, an annual autumnal event.   Over 60 of us, including children, guest speaker Rogeilio Prieto enjoyed a variety of seminars and teaching as well as the necessary AGM, while the children were wonderfully catered ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/10/25/spanish-prayer-days/ Just when we were settling to claim autumn as our favourite season of the year, and having said goodbye to our visitors from Costa Rica, we were surprised by another visitor. This time most unwelcome. Yes, we had forgotten about that annual school circular advising about the annual outbreak of ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/10/16/pediculosis-humanus-capitis/ FAVOURITE TED MISSING! Have you seen this missing teddy in the North West of Madrid?       Sadly, Gabriel´s life-long 6 year old faithful ted, Daddy teddy got lost in NW Madrid.  Should you see him, please inform or return to one sad owner. xx Thank you.   http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/10/15/missing-teddy/ I don´t think Student leader staff training events are quite as boring as they look in this photo.  Edgar could be forgiven for looking absent by the 4th hour of this long talking session.  But I rather suspect behind that fancy apple mac laptop, he, like all the others, except ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/10/15/staff-training-2/ Gabriel was only 6 months old when we last visited Costa Rica.  Now as an active 6 year old, we were excited as well as nervous to have Edgar´s aunt coming over from Costa Rica to visit.  At nearly 90 years of age, never having left her homeland, we weren´t ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/10/05/special-visitor/ First Day back to School     Reception Class that is for Asier (4) and Year 2 for Gabs ( 6).   After a fantastic summer, of 6 weeks HA, mainly based in Scotland, and 3 weeks back in Madrid, we headed back to school.  Me too! We trot off to our respective parts of ... http://fancyablether.blogsome.com/2009/09/19/school-begins/