Update 2019

A few years have passed since I last wrote here. It took us a while to relocate and since then we have all been settling into a new life with new friends. Toby really didn’t like the prospect of moving and it was making him anxious. We decided that the anticipation was worse for him than the actual move would be so I moved into a rented house with him to settle him into his new primary school. Matilda and Dad travelled up mid week and at the weekend but stayed in our old house so that Matilda could finish her primary school years in her old school. It was an expensive way of doing things and we really missed each other for the few months that we were apart but it was right for our family. We finally found a house that we all loved in the perfect location and have lived here for three years now.  We are all glad we made the move. However, it meant that I completely forgot about this blog until a few days ago.

I have now written all of the entries into a journal so you have a hard copy as well as the online version. It has given me an excuse to use one of the many notebooks that I stash in my bedroom swell as my endless collection of fountain pens!

You are both now in high school. When I was copying out the blog posts I realised just how quickly you have grown up. Childhood passes in a flash it seems. All of the comments and advice that I have made still hold true though – I’ve just never told you that the blog existed. 

I am now going to carry on adding to it as time permits. There is still so much I would like to say…