"...Just another blog entry..."

Hello all and everyone,

Everyone here is doing a-okay. Jolyon started school on Thursday and he really likes his new teacher, Mr. A (I can’t remember how to spell his name … I’m sure Joanna can stick in a comment :-). He’s doing well but has got a lot more homework this time so no slacking. He’s still enjoying his football and has actually got a game tonight. He’s also getting used to wearing his braces regularly … with some prompting. Life is great fun!

Elijah has grown out of his cot and has got a new ‘big boy bed’ which him and daddy built … well, it came flatpacked. It is a bit higher then we liked but that is due to the drawer space underneath. Unfortunately he fell out of it last night for the first time and banged his chin (we think on the radiator) so we’ve moved the rail further up to prevent this happening again. Fortunately his pillow fell with him and (quite literally) cushioned his fall. When daddy asked to see if he was okay he wasn’t interested … he just wanted to get back into bed to sleep. A bit swollen this morning though but fine. His parents feeling suitably guilty for their negligence!

Joanna is busy being … well … busy … at work. She’s doing the job of three people in the space of four days a week and is worn out. This is thankfully not long term and she will be recruiting some staff to work for her shortly. That should make life easier. She is going for some residential training which leaves daddy in charge at home (that’s a scary thought :-/) Just for a couple of nights each time though so I think three boys will be fine.

Toti should be starting his new job on the 1st October … he will at least be leaving his current one the Friday before that. Looking forward to it indeed. A couple of Totis friends are coming over from Iceland to see a Man U game and go to a Rush gig. Toti will be going to the gig but we’ve yet to see about the football. Depends on if he can get tickets for him and Jolyon as well as his two friends. We shall wait and see. If not it will be a visit to an Manchester pub to watch the game … they’d better stock up on the lemonade for the ever-sober Toadster.

We had a great bank holiday weekend in Iceland and it was so nice to see everyone. Amma and afi are now trying to fit in a visit some time this autumn as we won’t be going to Iceland now until end of December … yup … we’re spending Christmas in England and New Years eve in Iceland. Looking forward to that.

So, love to one and all …

Toti, Joanna, Jolyon and Elijah