Belated thank yous!

Curtis received money from several people for his birthday and/or Christmas and I'm very sorry that it's taken me this long to report back to those people to say what we bought him and to provide some photographs! As you know we've been busy getting our flat all tidied up ready to sell as we make our plans to move to Dunfermline this summer.

Auntie Doris in Ireland sent Curtis a cheque for his birthday and I tried to buy something in keeping with her own interests, so a big thank you to Doris as Curtis now has his very first art box filled with chunky crayons, chubby hand held coloured markers in the shapes of dog, frog and rabbit which he loves, lots of scribbling and painting paper, some mini canvases for his 1st works of art, a big shower curtain to put on the floor when the young master is at work, some paints and some fantastic mini paint rollers for him to use. Watch this space for Curtis and his abstract paintings coming soon!! Thanks Doris x

Auntie Eunice and Uncle Jim in Ireland also gave Curtis some money and with this we bought Curtis a great set of rescue vehicles from the early learning centre; an ambulance, a fire truck and a police car all with appropriate siren sounds which he loves to copy. We also bought Curtis a picture for his room. It looks like a Japanese classic - but look closely, it has a modern, furry twist! Thank you Eunice and Jim, it's very much appreciated. x

Curti's childminder Tracey also gave Curtis some money for his birthday and we added this to some that Nanna and Taid had left for him one weekend to buy him his very first trike. And what a great trike it is too, already tried and tested by his little pal Milli, this trike has a parent handle so we can steer him about until his big and skillful enough to reach the pedals. Thanks to Tracey, Nanna and Taid x

Nanny Ronny and Grandad Stevo also sent Curtis a cheque for his birthday and we used this to get Curtis some toys for the garden...he now has a little tent, a tunnel for crawling through and a fire truck ride on which he loves scooting about on (even if he can only go backwards!). We also bought him Elvis No.1 Hits Cd which he loves. I must get a video of his face when we play it...Hard Headed Woman being one of hsi favourite tracks! I think cos it's one of the fastest ones. So, thanks also to Grandad Stevo and Nanny Ronny and apologies to all for being so slow in posting this message.