Speedy...

 

Jake had his sports day on Friday past.  I managed to get the day off, to go and cheer him on.  I love being part of it with him and, for now, he loves having me there.  He loves acting silly for the camera too, but I do manage to get him to smile nicely sometimes!  I love the happy smile below...

Waiting with friends from his class for their turn to run... 

 When you think I'm not watching you, Jake, I'm always watching you...

As usual, Father Christmas was there to pull the trigger and hand out sweets to the kids...

Unfortunately, Jake was stung by a bee about an hour before his race.  Some of you will know that Jake has a fairly bad reaction to bee stings.  He doesn't suffer from Anaphylactic Shock, but he swells up badly.  With his last bee sting, his whole hand and arm swelled up and he had two blood poisoning lines running up his arm.  The doctor instructed us to keep his arm elevated for 24 hours and to get him in if the swelling increased, so that they could cut lines into his hand to alleviate the swelling. I didn't have antihistamines with me (live and learn) and Jake's race was coming up, so he had to run with his rapidly swelling hand.  He wasn't happy.  This pic, with his friend Michael, was taken about 10 minutes after his sting, brave boy...

 Jake & my dad...

 From the opposite side of the field, we had a good view of the cheering houses...

 Finally, it was Jake's turn...

 His hand was worrying him, but I'd told him that bee stings had magical powers and help you run really fast... 

 Turns out I was right and Jake won his heat!  (I made a video, so no pics)...

 He ran in the final too and was most put out at being grabbed for 4th place.  He is still convinced that he came in 3rd and was not happy...

 In other news, my mom is turning 60 on Boxing Day and my sister (and her family) had her gift delivered early - gorgeous garden furniture for their back yard.  We christened it with champagne and pizza for dinner on Saturday evening...

 Jake doing the manly job of cracking open the champagne...

 And pouring it... 

 Oh how he'd have loved a sip...

 But strictly pouring only for another 9 1/2 years (thank goodness)...

 Cheers!  Our pizza company ran a special for Movember and sent a spare moustache for Jake with our delivery.  He matches his t-shirt...

 Such a Wallie...

 But he loves it.  Last year, we dared him to take his moustache to school and to put it on quietly while nobody was watching, then wait to see how long it would take for his friends to notice.  He did it - anything for a laugh...

 Hilux has been spending a bit of time at my mom's house, while they do a little building at Rosanne and Gareth's.  I had to pick him up yesterday morning - look how big he's getting!!  He's very well behaved in the car too...

 A face that only a mother can love...  

And that's it.  Life is busy and I am really looking forward to school closing up on Friday.  The kids only go back on 16 Jan 2013, so it's a really nice long break for them all.  I just hope the wind gives us some break, so that we can get down to the beach.  I've also ordered my burglar bars, so hopefully we'll be able to get back into our house sometime soon.  It's a little old man who does them from home, so might take a while still.

 

Hope you're all well!

 

Love,

Sue XXX