Does this still work?

Just attempting to add to the old blog as I've just spent the last hour reading it's contents.

Well, well, well, blogging again.

Hello friends and thanks for blogging in, as Chris Evans might say. It's been a while, but I'm determined to start doing this again. Maybe once a week with a photo of the week.
News- New job for me, started at the beginning of January at Grange Primary in Stoke. Enjoying so far, nice staff and good kids really.
Caiden is now 2 years and 9 months! He likes to demonstrate his 'twoness' frequently! He's counting to 20, singing loads and loves his nursery and school time.
We're still sharing the house with Suzy puss, Myfanwy pooch, fish and a hamster. The rodent is now a charming fellow called Ian, following the passing of Keith a few moths ago.
Right, I don't want to make this too long, so I'm off. Hopefully, I'll keep it up this time. I've put a picture on of Caiden and myself on Christmas day. He had a very sore face at the time,but it's better now. Hope this finds you all well. xx

A Quicky on the Bloggie

Hi Blogfans
Just to let you all know I'm now in full time employment again so not blogging quite so frequently. I will try my best to blog when possible. The school is great, but I am a little bored at the mo as the current class teacher is still there so I'm not doing very much, but I have made a role play area in the style of an old fashioned sweet shop in Chester. I wont bore you all with the details of why it's a Chester one.
Anyway, here are two pictures of Caiden, one in the snow playing snowballs with Daddy and one of him sharing Myfanwy's bed, which he does frequently!

More Crimbo stuff

If you haven't noticed this is the second installment of Crimbo news.....
We went back to Wales on the 27th and had a lovely goose dinner, a very sunny but cold walk along the beach and a visit to my Nana.
Yesterday, Kate and Brett popped in for lunch and brought Caiden a toy crocodile and shark for Christmas. We left Wales after lunch and have spent the last 24 hours unpacking various bags and boxes and trying to find homes for new things!
I've put a few more pictures on, one of the goose, one of Caiden and me with Nana and one of Rob, me and Caiden on a walk on Llanfair beach in the freezing cold!

We've eaten and made merry, maybe a little too much!!

I'm going to have to do this Christmas edition in two posts as Blogger only allows for 5 pictures in one blog. So as they say in Sound of Music 'let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start'.
On the 23rd we had a visit from our friends Rhi and Damo, who came baring gifts. I had a lovely wooly hat, which features in some photos later and Caiden has had some clothes and a Snowman dinner set. On Christmas Eve I managed to get all our things packed for Wales while Rob went to work. We had a great night out in Bangor with my school friends and maybe drank a little too much, but it is Christmas!
Christmas Day was very busy, after a full Welsh at my folks' and some prezzies we drove down to Chez Mortimer for a full family meal and more prezzies. Had a lovely Christmas dinner and loads of brilliant things. A very tiring day though, it has to be said!
Pictures on this blog are of Caiden giving me a Christmas kiss, family Mortimer avec dogs at the woods, Christmas dinner table at Chez Mortimer, Caiden with his first prezzie and the group photo from Christmas Eve. More Christmas news in next blog!!

Are We Festive Yet?

Merry Christmas to blog fans new and old!
Last week I had a bit of a cleaning fest in the house, no not any 'nesting' involved no fear there, simply woke up one morning and thought - " Christ, this house is bloody filthy!". Sorry for mild blaspheming at Christmas time. Just as a promo for blog fans, if you have never used Domestos Grott Buster I strongly recommend using it! Amazing stuff!
Anyway, back to general blogging. Rob had his works do on Wednesday and came home suitably pissed and had an appropriate hangover on Thursday.
On Saturday I had been invited out for the Christmas do for my last school. We had a lovely meal at a restaurant in Hanley. Had a nice time, but it was a little annoying being a driver whe all other member of my table were trollied to say the least!
Rob and I collected the Mortimer boat from Nantwich on Sunday for it's winter storage at our mates farm and managed to sink it in the mud at the farm. Our mates' dad then had to tow it out of said ditch with his tractor. We also popped down to the candle lit carols at Ashley church with Caiden on Sunday which was lovely, especially with Caiden's Nana and Grandad in the choir.
Today, my cousin Lisa and husband David came to see us, we really should make more effort as we only live 15mins away from each other, but previously met up last Christmas. A disgrace on both parts and we have all promised to make more effort in 2009.
Pictures of caiden and I with Nana at church, sunken boat and cousin Lisa's visit.

Christmas injuries and other stuff

Caiden has been sleeping very well in his bed, the record so far was having to woken at 9am on Saturday! I'm not complaining though. He now knows when bed time is though and has minor paddies when we take him to bed, but hopefully they'll wear off.

Main event of last week was me slipping a disk and spending a few days walking like Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques (if I'm talking Greek, look it up on You Tube). I'm a bit better now, still a bit sore, but upright. I had to miss a days planning at my new school which was a pain, but not a disaster. Think we've got everything done for Christmas now, Caiden's loving the tree. I've put a picture on of Caiden, Rob and Myfanwy by the tree, one of Caiden in the minimal snow, one of 'story time' at Chez Mortimer and one of Podmore Lake down the road in the sunset this afternoon.