Will Dig Life

Little D turned 3 and had a party. The same party, at the same place (our garden), with largely the same people plus some new friends, as he's had for every birthday of his life... I think that's kind of cool. It started when he turned one in our new house, with us using the occasion to invite our new friends over for the first BBQ of the year - and it's pretty similar now. It's the first BBQ of the season for our family friends, as D enjoys playing with the kids we're calling that his party. Of course I make him a birthday cake and we have a moment with candles and singing happy birthday, but that's as far as organised kids entertainment goes. D happily exhausted after his big day He loved it. There was one moment when he reclined in a camping chair with a plate of food on his lap, and he looked like the cat that got the milk: utterly, happily satisfied. I asked him then, are you having a happy birthday? And he just beamed with happiness. There we

I should know it by now, yet every year I find myself surprised at how much my spirits lift when the weather improves. Following the Vienna trip there were several more months of winter - cold and dark - and I felt so run down. Blamed all my circumstances... when really, it was my own capacity that was low and run down because of the long winter months. Now it's getting warmer and lighter and lo and behold: I'm loving life again. I'm not doing less - if anything I'm doing more ! But I'm at peace, not overwhelmed. Mind boggling to think it's just the weather! So, as it's been a few months since my last post, what's happening in our lives...? Over the past 3 months I've been doing a self defense course with Bristol Combat Gym twice a week. It was hard work, not just for me but also for Mr. who looked after the kids those two evenings right after returning from work. The course is now finished but I've loved the fighting so much I'v