The pox

It feels like poor Ben has had one illness after another this year. This week took the biscuit with us all falling prey to a sickness bug, and topped off on Wednesday when Ben was diagnosed with chicken pox. Here he is showing off his spots. At the moment he seems to be coping remarkably well, and it is almost more distressing for us watching the spots sprout by the minute all over his body. Hopefully they'll disappear just as quickly.

Catching Up

It's been a while. January seemed to pass by in a bit of a blur - and the couple of lovely occasions we had catching up with friends we forgot to take the camera. February brought snow. Lots of it, by our standards. Ben generally enjoyed it, and was particularly fascinated by snowmen. Nan and Grandad came to help build one in our garden and placed it perfectly so it got no sun - and lasted for about a week!

Unfortunately the best of the snow was not captured on camera either, as Daddy had taken it with him on a work trip to Edinburgh. So here is our small offering for the past 6 weeks or so:

Ben trying to mow the lawn in the first fall of snow:

And the best of Mark's Edinburgh shots...

Kenilworth Castle with the remains of the snow...

Ben causing havoc as usual...

We'll try to be back updating the blog regularly from now on.