Daddy's Day

It was a quiet Father's Day this year, with Daddy stuck on the sofa, but Ben and Debbie tried their best to make it special, with a few little presents and bacon sandwiches for breakfast! We love this photo, which seems to caputure the best of life at the moment. Mark being at home all the time does at least mean more family time together, and Ben enjoys making a "chair" out of Daddy's lap and bringing him books to read. This week Mark was told he could start to bear some weight on his ankle, so it feels like he's making progress. Before long he'll be the one chasing Ben around the garden, as Ben giggles "coming, coming..."

Making progress

When we uploaded our photos this weekend we found a few pictures from our trip to Upton House and Gardens including this prescient one of the place where I fell, behind the trees roughly where the arrow points.

Mark has been making good, if slow, progress and getting used to his crutches. Although he is enjoying all the sport on TV at the moment, catching up on his reading and working his way through his DVD collection, he is open to other suggestions to keep him occupied if anyone has any ideas!

It has been a slightly strange couple of weeks for Ben, with Daddy just sitting on the settee with his leg up, not really able to play very much. Sometimes Ben brings books for Daddy to read to him and once or twice they have sat and watched TV together but Ben is a little boy who is pretty much always on the move. He is fascinated by the crutches and has been known to carry them off leaving Daddy even more limited in what he can do. They're a bit big for you Ben!