Wonderful time

 Wow, where has the time gone?

I know we all say it but it´s so true, Rebecca and Theo stayed with us for a whole month, absolute bliss 

 all the face time of the past months certainly worked as Theo fitted in so well and was quite content with his new surroundings. We have quite a few little steps in the house, but once he was aware of them he negotiated them very well. One of his favourite words is cat and he was enthralled as one after another of the furries appeared, he loved to help to feed them and giving them their special treats. He was very kind and gentle with them too.

Rebecca and I took him several times to the beach, we made sure we arrived early and left before the sun got too much. He wasn´t too sure of the sea but had great fun in the sand.

Every evening he would trot off to get the watering cans and helped Grandad to water the courtyard plants. We are having good crops off the cherry toms etc and he was very good and didn´t pick ´the little balls´ as he called them.

Theo gained so much confidence in the pool too, wary at first but then enjoyed playing on the wide steps and launching himself off.

Rebecca wanted to take us out for a late lunch, so we headed to Calpe port where all the fish restaurants are, she has been missing her seafood, Theo was good as gold, sitting trying all the different dishes, before they came over he had no real interest in food, so this was so lovely to see. Whether it was the change of environment or a few Grandma tricks, but he was soon eating away, enjoying the spices and herbs I cook with, trying sandia (watermelon), although he preferred to eat it rather than have it blended as a drink. He ate copious amounts of fruits and it just seemed to click how nice it all was.

I was able to watch Theo whilst Rebecca caught up on some sleep, Theo was not a good sleeper, but with lots of help and support we managed to correct that and he is doing so much better which in turn relaxes Rebecca. She was so much more chilled and we felt recharged with sharing, talking, lots of hugs and cuddles and generally being together after so long. 

It was so wonderful to watch his antics and see him working things out, some of them left us asking how on earth he managed to do that, especially with things we thought we had made safe, very clever.

Then it was time to say goodbye, a bit of a faff getting the relevant return tests but it was done. It was so quiet when they went and they left a big hole. I kept busy decluttering and sorting things out, miss them very much

The lovely thing is they are back again at the end of August for 2 weeks, with Antoni this time, soooo looking forward to that. In the meantime its back to face time but now he is holding his hand out for me to do walking round the garden and the little piggies, so sweet.

A few chores to do, although we are up in the early 30´s C so it´s a bit melting, glad we have the pool

take care

xcx