A Happy Birthday for us all to share... :-)
Hello all and wasn't yesterday such a special day as our Littlest Burton reached the grand ol' age of 1! We all had a lovely chilled day and Toti's parents came over in the pm and we all feasted on chocolate cake (dipped into yoghurt, for some of us!). Luckily, just on time, Grandmum and Pops present arrived from England too and Jolyon received a few presents also, to celebrate his first year as the very best Big Brother.
And this was good for J as he has had an extremely difficult week, which started by him finally telling me how unhappy he is at school and how he feels bullied and as if he 'doesn't belong in Iceland'. We have tried to sort this and other difficulties with school but to no avail so today J and I went and looked at 2 private schools in Reykjavik and tomorrow he is to spend a few hours at the Christian school. So the 3 of us have decided that this will be better for our Biggest Boy but that it will be worth it, despite having to put this house on the market and move to the capital. It is almost an hours drive to this school so it is not practical to consider commuting and, indeed, J feels socially isolated here anyway and we don't feel that will change. So it will be all move again..and just after I've unpacked all the boxes and Toti's disposed of them at the bloomin' tip!!! As Fiona said earlier this pm though, it'll keep me busy!;-)
Today has been positive for another reason too as we are now sharing our little life with two feline friends..Kleopatra (a 7 year old Siamese) and Joy (an 18mth old ginger-and-white lady). T collected them from the cats home this pm and they are the most chilled cats I have ever had and it is fab!And they have definitely cheered up J, when he really needed it.
Tomorrow Deb and Jackie arrive too and we are all looking forward to their visit-luckily I managed to convince JT that Deb really did need that extra large suitcase as we Burtons really do need those essential supplies...ready brek, sudoceme,cheap-n-cheerful wrinkle cream etc etc!!
So off to put ladies of all varieties to bed..assuming, of course, that a certain newly-growing tooth doesn't cause too much wakefulness this pm? I hope Eve eventually settled Fi (we were comparing levels of said wakefulness only a few hours ago and Eli B was still awake until half an hour ago...mind you, if the UK is an hour ahead of us, does that mean that newly-growing teeth in England have been growing and causing grief for an hour longer...?hmm...)
So love and peace to all of our dear friends and family across the world..hope to see some of you soon. Take care everyone. With love from Joanna,Toti, Jolyon Isaac and Elijah Benedikt.xxx
And this was good for J as he has had an extremely difficult week, which started by him finally telling me how unhappy he is at school and how he feels bullied and as if he 'doesn't belong in Iceland'. We have tried to sort this and other difficulties with school but to no avail so today J and I went and looked at 2 private schools in Reykjavik and tomorrow he is to spend a few hours at the Christian school. So the 3 of us have decided that this will be better for our Biggest Boy but that it will be worth it, despite having to put this house on the market and move to the capital. It is almost an hours drive to this school so it is not practical to consider commuting and, indeed, J feels socially isolated here anyway and we don't feel that will change. So it will be all move again..and just after I've unpacked all the boxes and Toti's disposed of them at the bloomin' tip!!! As Fiona said earlier this pm though, it'll keep me busy!;-)
Today has been positive for another reason too as we are now sharing our little life with two feline friends..Kleopatra (a 7 year old Siamese) and Joy (an 18mth old ginger-and-white lady). T collected them from the cats home this pm and they are the most chilled cats I have ever had and it is fab!And they have definitely cheered up J, when he really needed it.
Tomorrow Deb and Jackie arrive too and we are all looking forward to their visit-luckily I managed to convince JT that Deb really did need that extra large suitcase as we Burtons really do need those essential supplies...ready brek, sudoceme,cheap-n-cheerful wrinkle cream etc etc!!
So off to put ladies of all varieties to bed..assuming, of course, that a certain newly-growing tooth doesn't cause too much wakefulness this pm? I hope Eve eventually settled Fi (we were comparing levels of said wakefulness only a few hours ago and Eli B was still awake until half an hour ago...mind you, if the UK is an hour ahead of us, does that mean that newly-growing teeth in England have been growing and causing grief for an hour longer...?hmm...)
So love and peace to all of our dear friends and family across the world..hope to see some of you soon. Take care everyone. With love from Joanna,Toti, Jolyon Isaac and Elijah Benedikt.xxx
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