Garden Prep

Saturday was a beautiful day with sunshine & not much wind, so we spent most of the day outside in the garden. What did we achieve?
     * Hedge trimmed
     * Planter boxes contructed & positioned
     * Vege garden planned
     * Dafodils & crocus transplanted from the soon to be vege patch to other parts of the garden

Now I'm all excited & can't wait to start planting. Unfortunately we are still getting frosts over night so I'll have to wait a little bit yet.

A tumbling down

To keep the excitement going in the trend of the week before (see "Only eyes for Mum"), last week I fell down the stairs. Again no serious injury occurred, just a few jarred joints & a well bruised upper arm.

Eyes only for mum

The other week at playgroup Joshua came running straight towards me...the only problem was he didn't see the table & ran full speed into the corner of it creating an impressive "table corner size" hole in his head! Fortunately it wasn't deep enough to require a trip to the dr (though if I wasn't a nurse I think I would have been rushing out the door to the A&E). He did have a sizeable size goose egg on his head for about a week & there is still a noticeable sore.

Life goes on

Finally I've managed to catch a few moments peace to update you on what has been happening recently. Let's hope I manage to get finished before being interupted.
Life seems to be slowly falling back into a routine after the Christmas/New Year period. We continue to go to playgroup once a week, which Joshua still enjoys imencely & I'm enjoying more as I finally make a few friends. Our monthly Bible study continues with more attending which makes for a bit more lively discussion. I have also just found out about & started attending an expat womens group.

Joshua is growing & developing at an unbelievable rate. It's a real pleasure & delight to see him gaining new skills. It is also a challenge to try & keep one step ahead of him (literally, he can just about out run me now & has learnt to dodge & change directions). He can climb up & down of all sorts of things & has learnt to use it to his advantage when wanting to reach something out of his reach. We have also definately hit the toddler years with a bang. It's seems almost overnight he developed a real stubborn determination to see just how far he can push the boundaries & testing what methods will & won't work. Language development is also going ahead in leaps & bounds with him trying to copy a lot of what he hears & acquiring new sounds & "words" almost daily. He loves making all the animal sounds, & just this week has also started saying "VROOM" when riding his trike or playing with his cars & trucks. One of the really delightful things to see developing is his eagerness to help with things. He loves helping to unload the dishwasher & even knows which cupboards & drawers things go in without being told. He is also a good helper with the washing & one day even collected a pile of towels I had left lying on the floor & put them in the machine!!
Well it seems my time is up for now. Will try & get back soon to tell a bit more.

Gertie

Today was the day my little "Gertie" should have been born, but it wasn't to be. 

When it first happened I wrote this poem, & I'd like to share it now.

                                GERTIE

Though we never knew or saw you, we loved you just the same.

The day we heard you’d gone to heaven, I can’t describe the pain.

Bucket loads of tears flowed out, nothing could stop the tide.

And oh how my arms they ached, to hold you just one time.

I do not understand the reason, why God took you now.

But I know His ways are best, & that’s my solid ground.

He told me not to be afraid, for with me He would be.

Safe in the arms of Jesus now, one day we’ll get to meet.

Now you’re dancing with the angels, down the streets of gold.

Singing with the angels, and laughing at the sound.

Sitting at the feet of Jesus, who loves you so much more,

Than Mummy ever thinks she could, I’ll say farewell for now.