Every Sunday on Cbeebies we watch Katie Morag. What a wonderful life! And all she wears are wellies and a skirt (and a think jumper). Although, funnily, it’s always sunny in Struay :o)
Life here is getting more and more hectic. So many things to do still and so many people we’d still like to see, but we’re slowly realising, that we won’t be able to see them all, before we leave - although: six months is not that long a time! We will probably be back before most have noticed we’re gone!
Slowly starting to realise all the things we still should do! “Small things” which will take a long time anyway like sorting out all the pin boards we have, with loads of small scraps of paper on them, which once were put there because they are important... so they can’t be chucked without looking at them...
We had a wonderful birthday party for Nanouk and eight of his friends with a treasure hunt through the neighbourhood and making our own pancakes with loads of different delicious fillings, which was also a little bit like a goodbye party!
We also had good friends here for the weekend, who will come and see us in Orkney and it was exciting to talk about our plans there together!

Both our children say the thing that worries them most is missing their friends here - and Maleah added that she’s a little scared about her first day at school, which I can very much understand!
But we know they’ll be alright as soon as they’ve got to know their new class mates!

That’s all for today, I've been at the computer since six and I have to get the children up and to school, then head for the gym and hand in my membership for the next six months, then I have a friend coming over in the afternoon, then a school meeting, then taking the children to chess - and it’s probably going to be one of the more relaxed days in the next two weeks, just too much going on - AND I want to start on the cleaning/sorting.... AND then there are the Christmas cards which won’t write themselves and the presents... But, I’m not complaining! We’re enjoying most of it (not the cleaning and the sorting) and we are so much looking forward to starting our big adventure at last!