Humpty dumpty sat on a wall

Last Friday Joshua was having a go at the small climbing wall at our local park but managed to fall off and land on his right arm. This caused him quite a bit of pain but as there seemed to be no bruising or swelling we didn't think to much of it, Joshua was also reluctant to tell us how much it hurt as he did not want to have to go to hospital. However when he went to bed he woke up at about 10pm in pain and couldn't get back to sleep, so Chris took him down to the local Emergency room at about midnight. They had an X-ray taken to find that his lower arm had dislocated at the elbow. His arm was put in a sling and was told it should go back into place by itself.
On Wednesday morning - the first day of term - Josh woke up to find that he could now move his arm around but was still quite tender, which at least made his first day back at school a lot easier. He has a check up at the hospital tomorrow to make sure everything is where it should be. So hopefully everything will be fine and he will be able to start using his arm normally again soon.

Pictures

Summer Holidays

Well here we are already near the end of the summer holidays - but where has the sun been?

Although saying that we did have a lovely day for Joshua's Birthday party which is just as well as I had planned to have it at the park.

It was a fairly relaxed party with a few games and some nibbles and basically letting the children run around and wear themselves out. It was great to have so many of joshua's friends come - thankyou so much to everyone for coming and also to those who gave a gift.

Not long after the party Chris had some time off, in fact 3 weeks off which has been great over the summer. We spent most of the time in London just catching up with friends and doing the usual zoo and museum trips.

Then for our final week we went with some good friends camping in Devon. And although big storms were forcast, they managed not to hit us and so we managed to hang on to our tent.

I had been worried about how the boys would sleep in a tent, but I think all the fresh air and running about used up all their energy during the day - so I had nothing to worry about.

Just under 2 weeks left before Josh starts school now, he will be going into year 1 and will be in Crystal Class. But before that we have a trip to lego land planned as a final activity before the hard work starts :-)

Our next 'big' event is that we are getting a new lodger on Tuesday. She arrives from Singapore early in the morning, so Chris is going to pick her up from the airport. We are looking forward to meeting her.

So here is Joshua's first school picture.

Doesn't he look so grown up!

Sorry for the LONG silence

Wow, it really has been a long time since we updated this! Well what can I say... what has changed and been happening in our lives for the last4 or 5 months?
Well, I have started working a little bit, just looking after a neighbours children 3 afternoons a week although we are both fairly flexible dending on what's happening in our lives. They are the same age as our 2 and they all seem to get on fairly well most of the time which is a bonus.
Due to earning that bit of money I have siezed the opportunity to start driving lessons (aahhhhggg, watch out London!) I have so far had 5 lessons (2hrs each) and have been quite pleased with my progress. So watch this space...
My sister Ruth has had her 3rd baby boy and he is called Jadon. So that makes me an aunty for the 10th time now. Christmas is going to be a busy time!!!
Josh has settled well into school and has a good group of friends. His birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I am desperately trying to plan something for it. He has had his school pic done which I will try and put on the blog ASAP.
Chris and I have joined facebook.com and managed to catch up with a few old friends which is always a nice thing to do - I recommend it!
The last couple of weeks we have been ill. Reuben had quite a bad cold and was complaining of his ear hurting, I then got the flu and was in bed for a few days, then just as I was recovering Chris got! the following day I had to pick josh up from school at lunch time because he had been sick. I'm kinda hoping now that we've all been ill that will be it for a while now.
Anyway, I've probably rambled on too long now so will stop and try to write again soon.
Helen