Toby's First Day of School

A few weeks after Toby was born I remember thinking that I couldn't imagine a time when there wouldn't be a child pottering round under my feet for the majority of the day."  Well, it seems to have flown round rather fast and it's rather hard to believe that Toby has started full time in reception (kindergarten) and Beth is starting in year two.

Thankfully there was no reluctance to go and both kids happily disappeared into school without any tears, and despite worrying that I might be a bit teary, I couldn't stop smiling! :)

Coming home tonight I couldn't get much information out of either of them detailing what went on but apart from the blisters from new shoes, they both seem happy enough.

I thought I'd add in a few other bits to this post while I'm at it.  Yesterday we spent a perfect last day of the holidays at Clumber Park with the kids and their friends on their bikes.  We parked just inside the park and rode/walked all the way along Limetree Avenue to the cafe and play area.

After a picnic lunch, play and ice cream we headed back a different way, a total of about 4.6 miles.  It was a beautiful day and amazingly we all enjoyed it and the day was pretty much tantrum free (miracle though not totally unexpected since it was the last day of the holidays!).


One last bit of news, on Saturday we went to the wedding of my university friend, Rachel, to Johnny.  It was a fantastic day both because of the wedding and because we got to catch up with Rachel and my other uni friend Holly and her family.  It's been a year since we last saw Holly - see this blog - and over six years since we last saw Rachel!  


Toby jumped straight back into mischief with Rafferty and Beth was thrilled to see Naomi.  They had put on a cool 1940's bus to take us from the church to the reception - Toby sneaked back in to have a go when the driver had his back turned!  Thank goodness the key wasn't left in.  After a great weekend I think we'll have to make more of an effort to catch up sooner next time.