1st loose tooth

Adam was very happy to finally have a wobbly tooth! It came out 2 days later - in class - when he twisted it out!!!! The teacher took it off him but the tooth fairy still knew he'd lost one and left 1€ under his pillow.

Try not to notice the hideous yellow sponge effect walls of my bedroom in my recent rental. The place is GRIM!!!!!

G & G weekends

After a hard two weeks at school Adam was very happy to head to the coast for weekends visiting his Granny & Grandad Scotland. Adam loves going out at night for a meal...

...although not so happy to be told it was time to head back for bedtime!

I think he'll still play on these things when he's 14!

back to school

Adam was ready to get back to school and has missed seeing his wee friends every day. I was dreading the return as thought he might relapse to the clinging crying wee guy of last year but he was absolutely fine on day one and felt very grown up to be in P1 and allowed to play on the patio with the bigger guys - more excited on day two and three cos he got to wear his (sports) school uniform - but had a bit of a cry on day four and he is not sure why - maybe because he wanted to wear uniform but his class wear their own clothes for two days and uniform for three! Fingers crossed for next week...

First day - with a bag full of school books.

2nd day in school uniform

fiesta week

Fiesta week in Cehegín is a big deal and they party 'til all hours through the whole week. The final night of fiesta had a huge firework display which we missed as it (as usual) started at 1am but Adam had his first day of school the following morning so he sensibly went to bed at 9pm.

Ladies on the candlelit procession

There were 25 paella pans on the go!

Paella almost ready...

Avoiding the shows and stalls and heading up the hill for tapas

September job

Steven has just landed himself a job in Murcia city - teaching English to all different age groups of Spanish kids. Contracted until June 2010 then he can decide whether to teach at summer camp or maybe back in Edinburgh...

All is well at the moment - and will be even better when Adam goes back to school next week.

la playa

Adam really does like a day at the beach!

river

We had visited this river many times but the last time we went there were dozens of people jumping in and swimming along it! Adam had no swim shorts but pants did the job! Faster and colder than it looks but lovely...