cold and dark and time to hibernate (wishful thinking)

Monday was a day that we had not planned and never plan much as its swimming day! I now know I had a tummy bug comming (only realised that in the evening) and Reuben asked me if I would let him make cakes with Nicholas and miss a swim session. reluctantly but since I wasnt well I had agreed and Nicholas has joined in for cake making with lovley aunty Elena.And the cakes were yummy...even we did after all make swimming as well (just in time 5 mins warning he gave me...) and had yummy fresh cakes when we got back. So yes Monday was a manic Monday....with school, cake making, swimming and crashing out at 8pm all of us.HI! I have really been so so pleased to see the huge changes since Reuben started school! He is ever so interested in the big wide world and especially in events. At school they had a POPPY (Puppy) day to REMEMBER THE PEOPLE WHO DIED FOR US IN WARS. phewwww where do I begin?! We visited Rochester one evening and he insisted to take a moment in silence to think of the puppies who have died for us in wars. Bless him!!! He does know its people but he thinks affectionatley of them as puppies his favourite ....he wears with pride his poppy and insisted on us all wearing them. Should see what he thinks when he goes to church tomorrow and sees veterans and flags and observs the two minute silence!!I just cant but smile at these photos....I took them on the platform at Stratford (having visited Westfield shopping Centre) the boys were so excited about the trains.....they did not want to stay in the posh waiting area....they had to stay to see the trains comming and going. My hoodie boys!A not so good week for us. I (mum) had the tummy bug Monday and Tuesday...although I soldiered on....it has pretty much made me feel rubbish all week. Reuben and Zac had a few down afternoons and poor Reuben on Friday had a little incident at school when another child (with severe learning difficulties) has wacked him on the head with a shovel so he had blood and a bump....we had to go to hospital. It was so sad....but he was as happy as Larry. So excited to get sweets and off course tell the nurses he was gona dine at the chinese that evening. I knew he was fine as he hopped all the way home from school....then he showed off his French and Hungarian.....it was just hilarious....but yes we did get to the chinese.....with a equally worried and excited Noah and Luca and off course aunty Angeline (whom he thinks of as a good future wife:))) and little Amelia.Must be nice to have friends with us at Chinese as he Reuben who normally only has crackers has eaten pretty much everything from the plate....chicken skewers and seasame prawn toast and crackers and the juice tooo:))) Perhaps the injury to the head did him good?!:)) ups naughty mummy I am.

The three musketeers.....Reuben off course in the middle. He wanted desperaley to sit between the brothers Luca(brown eyes) and Noah (blue eyes).

So it has been a busy week! A difficult one with various strange emotions and feelings and illnesses but weekend so far so very good. Happy to look forward to next week.