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For those who don’t know, Dave is my dad’s baby brother and he turned 40 today…he celebrated by marrying his gorgeous girlfriend in a secret wedding they had planned in Jamaica! It would seem that no-one knew except them!

Congrats to you both we are very, very happy for you!

Amie had another eye appointment on Monday and they decided her prescription needed fine tuning which is great because it means we have a spare pair for accidents!

Unfortunately Amie decided she wanted a red pair and I had no idea how many problems this would cause! The shops were not only lacking in red pairs but they were lacking in red pairs small enough for her face! In fact we struggled to get any colour small enough for her!

3 hours (ish) later we found a fab red pair which she loved and they looked gorgeous on her! They are very trendy and she looks gorgeous!

We have to wait till the end of the week for them so will post some pics when we have them!

I’ve taken a welcome break from my homework to have a drink and rest my eyes!

It’s been a long time since I was at college and had to write essays, especially on such exciting topics as COSHH, Maual Handling, Risk Assessment, Health and Safety in First Aid, Storage of Medication and plenty more on the topic of health and safety! Great eh?

I can think of better things to do with my evenings and weekends (even housework!) but then I remind myself it’s all in a good cause and will be over in 2 years! It seems a long time now but I’m sure in 21 months times I’ll be wishing I had more time to finish it in!

Anyway, back to the grindstone, I will keep you updated with how I’m going and what’s next on the agenda…

I attended another course today! My certificates folder will be rather full soon!

This one was all about meeting the needs of the younger children in the new Early Years Foundation Stage. To those of you not in the business, this will probably mean absolutely nothing but to simplify (so not to bore you!), as a childcare practitioner I need to work towards the new scheme EYFS for all children I look after from birth to 5 years.

By looking at the massive folder we have, it all seems like a lot of burocracy and more about paperwork than keeping the children happy and safe. However, from the course today it all seems a lot simpler than we first thought and I have come home with so many positive thoughts and lots of new ideas of things we can do with the children!

Well it would seem that Bethany’s persistence to use the potty was short lived, she hasn’t sat on it for a week so I have escaped potty training!

She has the idea though, she knows what it’s for and knows what treat she’ll get when she’s ready!