We drove to Mark's Mum's convinced there'd be a scene at the end of our stay and that Kai would want to come home with us, but in fact he was thrilled to be stopping with his Nanna.
We'd made the mistake of telling him about a visit he was going to make to see a friend of his Nanna and her Granddaughter, and despite the fact it wasn't due to happen until the end of the week Kai start the usual questioning when we go to ......?
It was a bit strange not having him around for such a period of time (1 week) but we spoke every day ( well Kai's idea of talking to people). However I did notice I was generally less wound up by him on his return which made me happier and I'm sure he would agree.
He'd just got settled home when it was decided that he and Alana would be going up North during the move. We were waiting for our completion date.
I drove them to the halfway point at Charnock Richards services on the M6 arriving after Mum and Lee. As it was the day before my birthday Mum had even brought some birthday cake for us to share.
Unfortunately after we went our separate ways, Mum, Lee and the kids got held up in static traffic, thanks to the M6 Jumper (who didn't). Even with the additional delay they were really good for them in the car.
While they were there they did things like cake making and Kai had lessons from Uncle Lee. Kai even got a train ride. My Mum couldn't get on the train with him so she asked on of the train enthusiasts that were there, I think he would have appreciated it more if he was a bit older.
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| Kai at the park |
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| Alana and Upsy Daisy |
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| Kai got a ride on the train, and made a new friend. |
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| Lessons with Uncle Lee. |
On Wed 25th Aug after over a year of being on the market, we finally moved house.
The removal men arrived just before 9am, and while I was still packing around them we managed to load everything onto the lorries. We left a few cleaning things behind so Mark could come back to tidy up the next day, then retrieved the cats who'd been locked in the loft, did one finally run to the dump and then away we drove up the M5 / M6 to Stafford. We had to go to the letting agents to get the keys then make our way to the house where the removal guys were trying to catch 40 winks waiting for us.
They unloaded everything. Our Divan bed and wrought iron headboard of course wouldn't go up the second set of stairs to the loft room that we'd decided would be ours. The number of boxes piles in the lounge meant you had to squeeze through between them and the sofas (which looked way too big). So our first job after the removal men was to go bed buying about 4:30pm. We checked several shops and several beds, we needed a flat pack one to get up the stairs but also quite sturdy to take our weight. We managed to find one but it would be over a week till it could be delivered. Luckily we had some flat packed single beds from the old house that had been in the attic there. So Mark spent his first night setting the beds up.
That night I awoke at 3am and started to panic about the house and all that needed doing and got my self in a right stew. So I went downstairs and started to right to do lists and a welcome letter to the new owners of our house in Worcester.
Mark got up at 6 by which time I'd stopped panicing he went back to Worcester to sort out cleaning the house, handing over the keys etc. which left me to sort the new house. Not too much got unpacked between phone calls to the agents about the stuff that needed sorting and calls from Mum and the kids, calls to say tradesmen were coming to sort the house etc.
We had a few days to try and get things a little straighter, the kids bedrooms and the lounge were our priority before they were brought back on the sat by Mum. I showed them their new rooms. Alana also had to contend with the fact that we had made her cot into a bed, something she hasn't had a problem with at all.
I'm so proud of my brave children they've been off on holiday with out me or Daddy, and have taken to Stafford life as thought they've always lived here. Although Kai misses his friends, he's been busy making friends with the two children next door and at school (more to come)
So really all that it leaves me to say now is Hello Stafford, Bring it on.
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