Chugging along nicely

Well the last couple of months we have been staying with Ellen and Dan which has been at times difficult for all of us (except Leon who loves it) but has been mostly really good. It's not easy living with your parents or inlaws or grown up kids and their offspring but we've managed really well. We officially exchanged and completed on Felton Way last week after a flurry of panic about the installation certificate we didn't get for the boiler that was installed that the buyers solicitors insist they need and are withholding a grand in cash until we get it. I'm on the case and with any luck, Corgi will be sending it to us today. It's Corgi's fault for not issuing it to us 2 years ago fortunately, so they shouldn't object.

We've exchanged on the new place and will be completing this Friday, moving in Saturday. As you can imagine, we are so looking forward to getting into our new place. I've got this week to pack up the kitchen, what little stuff we've been living with the last couple of months clothes wise (I really need to dig out summer stuff when we move in, phew!). Then there's Leon's room - nappies and clothes and of course toys! We've got some help from friends and a van for Saturday and Sunday and then it's a day off on Monday to the picnic in the park for Stef's birthday in Hyde Park.

This Saturday gone, we went to a car boot sale round the corner and got some fabulous new books and toys for Leon. More cars, trucks, diggers, trains and a cooker, he's playing much more now and you can see it all going on in his imagination. Ellen and Dan came back from a fortnight's holiday in Spain, well rested and touched by the sun. I was dreading delays what with them flying to Stanstead with Ryan Air but they were there waiting, luggage in hand when Toby got there at the agreed time so there were no delays. It's nice to have them back, we are all more relaxed now the houses are chugging along nicely and it's just a week to go before we all get to go a bit more back to normal.

Pictures are from yesterday, playing with his new trainset, me reading him a book - notice him pinching my arm, he does this all the time while you read to him, don't ask me why, then last weekend at Wimpole Hall Home Farm with Liz, Mike and Harriet, who are about to become our new neighbours - I met Liz at the Library toddler club, they moved onto King Edgar Close last August and we will be just up the road. Harriet and Leon are roughly the same age, and we go to Music class on a Wednesday together.