My Back,Their Birthday's and His Brother

At the weekend G and I made plans for the back garden. We talked about what needs to be done and then felt motivated to try and clear a bit of wilderness. All went well at the time but oh my goodness come Monday morning my back was in agony. Don't ask me what I did, we weren't out there long! We had made plans to meet up with a friend and her son, but she had to cancel at the last minute which was just as well as I spent the day with a hot water bottle on my back taking it easy whilst the children chilled and stayed in PJ's.

Tuesday was a bit more active. G, T and a friend of T's went off to London to see the new Dr Who exhibition. This was T's birthday treat. There was much excitement as I dropped them all off at the train station. I'm very happy to say they all thought it was completely wonderful and T and his friend had a couple of 'green screen' photos taken, one of them so it looked like they were actually inside the Tardis!

Whilst they were away rubbing shoulders with aliens I took S and a friend to an indoor soft play centre for a few hours. I read, they ran around.


Yesterday was T and S's birthday.
Both were extremely happy with their gifts from us.
T received a mobile phone

and S had a dolls house. Both have been played with a lot over the last 24 hours.

They were lucky to have lots of visitors bearing gifts all day long. My mum and sister C were the first to arrive at just before 10am. Then it was off into town for lunch at Bella Italia with G's mum, brother and sister. Home again for cake and more visits from my other sister, various friends and other family members.

Although it was wonderful seeing each and every person, by far the best guest was T's eldest brother R. T had no idea that R was coming to see him. It's the first time that R has visited our home. He wanted to make it on our recent trip to London when we met S and her family, but he was unable to get the time off work so he contacted G and asked if he could come and see T on his birthday instead.We were delighted and secret plans were made for R to come and stay overnight. I can't tell you how excited we've been for them. I asked T to open the door when I heard R knock and I was poised with the camera to take a photo of T's face but I was so caught up in the moment I forgot to click the camera button. Needless to say his expression was priceless! He was utterly surprised and so, so happy, especially when he realised R was staying.

All those years ago when we became a family G and I would have conversations about 'when the children grow up wouldn't it be great if they were able to come and stay on their own' and now it's happened. We are so thankful.

R and took T off to town this morning to buy him a birthday gift and one of S too.

Then all too soon he had to leave todo the long drive home again. T has been quiet this afternoon, missing his brother and wishing the visit could have been a longer one. Maybe next time.

I took my 6 year old pink fairy off to feed the ducks at her request this afternoon and we enjoyed being out in the sun for a while.

Happy days.