Of spots and beavers..

It has been a funny week, since last I wrote sam developed a mysterious rash which we suspected was chicken pox but we still aren't sure. He had a very mild case of chicken pox a couple of years ago and these spots were similar, he however, did not feel ill at all. He was his bright bubbly self and didn't even attempt to scratch the spots. As we weren't sure what they were we erred on the side of caution and spent the second half of the week and weekend in seclusion. I felt bad keeping him in but we didn't want to pass on whatever he had. So the end of the week was filled with lots of at home and dog walking time.

M's parents came up on saturday to help us with the backyard. M and his dad used some of the railway sleepers to create new beds. It looks fantastic, I will have to post a photo (just ignore the poor state of the grass-thank you dogs and boys!) They also put in my new rotary clothes line, you know you have a quiet life when you get excited about a new clothes line. It is fantstic, the dogs can't run through the sheets anymore like they could when the clothes line stretched across the backyard. We had a nice visit with M's parents-thank you for your help and thank you for coming up.

Sam was on tenderhooks all sunday-desparate for M to give him the all clear for monday so he could go to home ed group and beavers. It wasn't looking good at bedtime but by monday am the spots had dried up sufficiently so that M decreed that it was safe for us to go out. We had a ball at home ed group-C organised all the experiments (theme-the body) which were fantastic. V's art projects were spot on and sam was so engrossed in making a skeleton that he completely missed cookie time. By the time he got to the kitchen all the cookies were gone, luckily C saved the day by finding some bourbon biscuits in her bag. Thank you C!

The highlight of the day for Sam was beavers-he was invested into the colony and received his necker. I will post a photo tomorrow, he looked so grown up and serious receiving it. He is very keen to start earning badges so had me email his troop leader today to ask how he gets started. He wants to start with the Hobby Badge-doing it on warhammer naturally and then the animal care badge-where do you suppose he will find an animal to look after??? I reckon he can easily fulfill the requirements for the badges.