Where did the rest of December go???!!

Christmas seems to have whistled by as fast as it approached, we took all the decorations down yesterday and everywhere looks huge again. It also sparked off a complete house tidy and throw-away session – Jack’s bedroom is now a haven of peace and tidy tranquility and is two black sacks of RUBBISH lighter, I’ve never known anyone hoard as much junk and crud as Jack.

Ellie’s room is half-way there and so far we have removed one black sack of detritous from her skanky pit of doom! Edward’s room is a little den of playful heaven and all of his toys and puzzles are in the same place with all of their pieces present and correct.

Our bedroom/my office still has a few things hanging around that need to be sent away – a 4X4 wheel cover that I designed and had printed for Daniel’s new business and Lori’s crimbo pressie, but apart from that it’s a nice place to be.

All of this has taken a lot longer to achieve than normal because I have come down with full-blown flu and have felt wretched these last few days, worse still is that I have given it to Simon and the way he is at the moment it’s not looking likely that he will be fit and well enough to be admitted for his operation next week – he’s ‘disappointed’ as you can imagine.

Other hot news of the New Year – just a few weeks after deciding that nappies were not for him, Edward is now dry at night time too! For the last week or so, I suppose, Edward has been waking up in the morning with dry nappies and for the last two nights we have left nappies off altogether and he’s woken up in the morning with dry pyjamas – I’m very impressed and proud of our little Bear.

Jack and Ellie go back to school tomorrow and normal life will resume once more…as normal as things ever get in this house anyway!

Sarah x