Will Dig Life

Today marks nine years of this incredible boy... and as I do every year, it's time to sing his praises. Not hard to do. We celebrated him yesterday, Sunday, by having our by now traditional first BBQ of the year. The grandparents, some old friends and some newer friends from church as well as our friend Daniel (who's become their honorary uncle) came over to celebrate and D had the best time. Gifts are definitely one of his major love languages, and he felt very loved! Daniel put the cherry on the proverbial cake at the end of the celebrations by presenting him with the biggest birthday card ever, which featured not only D's face - which he couldn't stop laughing about for minutes! - but also a poem he'd written just for D. What a gift! Look carefully at the front of his huge card...! Just brilliant Gifts!! Today, we visited Legoland, which has also become a birthday tradition by now and much looked forward to.  So - let me talk about the boy. At this point, he is a...

 Just checking in with a smorgasbord of activities we've filled our time with - there's a number of big events and holidays coming up, but these past few weeks have been low key and routine. And that's really where life happens, isn't it. So here's a roundup of things we have been doing as the weather has finally improved. First - a big one - my sister from Vienna spent a couple of days with us as she was visiting the UK! Fun times, we took her to Slimbridge Bird Sanctuary and we had brilliant weather, a wonderful time together. Now my kids are counting down to when they'll see her again this summer... A few new things we've tried lately - a circus skills workshop where we learned to juggle, spin plates and play with various circus implements; plus, the kids have started a sailing course in the floating harbour - much more enjoyed by N(10) than D(8), but I'll keep them at it for the moment because D might still come around. It's a weekly course that ...