Hi Chaps, Gosh it has been a long time since I have had access to the internet – I’m having withdrawal symptoms!
Well, we are back from hospital. I have a couple of photos of how Harry’s rash started out – as he became worse, whipping out the camera was the last thing on my mind,but you can see how if this is how he was on day 2, imagine how disfigured and swollen he was by day 7. Not good. The staff and facilities at the hospital were just tip top – I can’t sing their praises enough.

Following a week’s worth of close to midnight bedtimes for the girls, they went straight back into school, probably feeling rather jaded, but it was important that they get to know they way around and meet their new classmates having missed the beginning of term. They have pretty much settled in now and have made friends which is good.
The school is close and since her second day there Lizzie has walked by herself (“it’s soooo lame to walk with your mother, Mummy!”) and I follow on behind with Lexi and the pushchair. The girls have stopped giggling and putting on a Canadian accent every time they say “recess” or “Math” now, which must mean things are becoming normal for them!
Life here hasn’t properly settled into a routine for me yet mainly because we are still not in our house so not having internet and ‘phone does hamper things slightly, also not having the car (Richard generally takes it into work) means not much exploring takes place. We found out yesterday however, that we are due to move into our new home next Wednesday 16th Sept at 11am. Hurrah! Don’t think our packing boxes will arrived until the following week though! We’ll get there in the end.......

Richard and I went to a Safari Supper last weekend. This is where some serious organisation (by someone – definitely not me!) takes place and four or five dinner parties take place at the same time. Each couple has drinks and the first course in one home, then everybody splits up and has the second course in another home and so on. Whose ever house is used for any given course is the host and cooks that course. Needless to say most main courses around these different dinner parties were some sort of casserole as the host would not be in their own home until the time came to eat it. We were given a delicious lamb tagine – it was super. The final course is coffee and liqueurs where I have to say a few people were starting to look a little worse for wear! Some friends had brought with them a scooped out water melon in which were lots of straws and the melon was filled with some fairly nice tasting concoction of booze. Half way through the evening, however, I was offered another sip – thought I’d have a look in the melon only to find the most weird, vile looking mixture I had seen since my teens! I think people had been adding Bailey’s and all sorts. It was a bit grim by that stage!
We had Sunday lunch with some new friends the following day which was lovely, they were so hospitable and made us really welcome.