Sibh funny I was looking at Dracula yesterday, it is the Dublin: One City One Book read for this year, it'll happen in April so there are going to be hundreds of Dracula-related events (well, in Dublin, if that's of any use to the Arthurs). for your sweet DS, the world is such a difficult place for littlies to navigate. I hope his teacher is the right kind & will be vigilant.
In my experience this thing about boarding school is so right, I was talking to someone about it just a couple of weeks ago. It's not just celebrating other birthdays (or Mother's Day or whatever) but not even really being bothered about celebrating their own (not that I am a big me, me, me, it's my birthday person, but I am capable of acknowledging it ). It's not hard to imagine how it comes about... some retraining necessary.
pf so sorry about your grandfather. Babies are such a tonic in these situations. I do love hearing about couples who have been together forever and are in love, I practically follow elderly hand-holders around supermarkets to envy them, they must be a bit at me. Sadly the pain of loss is the eventual price to pay for a life of love, but who would swap the love bit? I'm sure your grandmother wouldn't. Hope your grandfather's last times are easy ones.
TS I thought I asked to have ds2 put on the text list???? I don't know what was wrong with him last night, up five or six times, upset, unlike him. Usually he flicks awake, feeds, makes the house shudder with the force of his burp, then goes back to sleep. Last night a lot of crying, most unlike him .
I cannot believe MiniMrMiamla is crawling, and did Expectant say her fellow was too? This is serious development! Brilliant boys. Well done.