Teddy Bear Pain...

The most difficult job so far was faced this evening - sitting Ellie down with her 100 Teddy Bears (so she's accumulated 25 a year since birth!) and explaining to her that not all of them would be making the trip. The blow was softened somewhat by us find space for all of her toys.

So there they are - well, Kenny was mine still - we nearly halved the number in the end and the lucky ones have been vacuum packed and prepared for their "cruise" to Canada. All of Ellie's friends in the street have now received a new cuddly toy to remember her by, these I toy are the lucky runners up. Tomorrow Hove's charity shops will bulge for the first time.

Emigrating will be just like going on holiday with the children - just on a bigger scale. A big container will arrive (instead of a suitcase) and Ellie and Thomas' toys, clothes and other bits and pieces will be packed in. Then there will remain a small corner into which Marie-Claude and I can pack our lives... Lives, I hasten to add, that have been going on significantly longer than the kids!

Currently Watching: Sky Sports Ashes Highlights (of course), will I ever get tired of this! A two run victory series level.
Not making the trip: The Bob the Builder Doll rucksack, he's going to a new home over the road with Sam!