Phew, back from the weekend visiting Kev's nan and James' great-nan on her birthday. Happy 78th birthday Nan! Not much time, or energy to upload pictures so this will be a short post with pictures to follow soon.
This weekend was a bank holiday here in England so Kev (and most of the English) had the day off work and we were in Trefonen (the town in Shropshire where Kev's Nan and Aunt and Uncle live) paying one last visit before the big departure. It was really good to see everyone again and we had a fun time telling stories and eating fabulous food with great company. James absolutely loved playing peek-a-boo with Pat and watching Cath and Simon's dog, Jet, walk around the room. He was very intrigued with her! He did so well this weekend with eating. He tried pretty much everything that was on our plates and actually ate small bits of food. I'm very impressed at how easy feeding him is getting. He loves to feed himself small chunks of food and he's very happy to eat whatever we're eating. Looks like the baby-lead weaning is paying off! He's still having some pureed foods if we're on the go... but for the most part we're having success with trying new textures and tastes. Hopefully it'll continue!
So, today we [the ladies plus James] walked around a Garden Centre in Welshpool called Coed-y-Dinas which is located across the boarder in Wales. (Yay! Another European country to add to my list!). We had a great time looking at the plants and all the random things that the centre sells. It was really hard having to resist buying anything for the home or garden as it's all going to be sold or given away in three weeks.
Only 21 more days till we leave. 21 more days. Unbelievable how fast the time is going.
We had a very teary good-bye today. It was very hard leaving while knowing that we wouldn't be seeing them again for a while. Just have to keep repeating : It's not Australia, it's not Australia.... we will be back to visit again soon!
Well, signing off for now. Will post the pictures from the weekend when I have another free minute.
Love to all.
~M.
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