School's out for summer

Where has this school year gone!

I can't belive Liam has finished his first year at school and will be a senior infant when he returns at the end of August. What a transformation in him too! He has gone from a "Don't leave me mummy!" boy to a "See you at 2 o'clock then" child. I wonder how he will cope with just his brother and mum at home. We will have to set up lots of play dates to stop us from going stir crazy I think.


Conor went to his last Tweenies session too. He will be at playschool on tuesdays and fridays next year so won't be able to go to this great toddler group. They had a fantastic balloon artist for the summer party. Of course Conor asked him to make a tractor for him, which Viktor the Balloon Man duly obliged. It took him about 10 minutes but what a beauty! I love the farmer! Conor was completely entranced!


This week has been a winning week for us: I won 50 euro in the Silver Circle draw (school fundraising thing) and Liam won 2nd prize in the regional arts competiton! He has to go into Youghal to collect his prize tomorrow at 2.30pm. He is so excited about getting his photo in the paper but we have no idea what the prize is. I haven't even seen the picture he did. All I know is that it is a picture of a pirate ship in pastels and it is titled "The Jolly Roger". Better check the lotto numbers!


It is a big weekend in Youghal. The Visual Arts Festival is on (hence the schools art competition) and the Thundercats (a type of power boat) are racing too. The weather is supposed to be awful but apparently the worse the weather the more exciting the races are. I am waiting for the fireworks to start - we have such a good view of Youghal bay from here that it should be an impressive site. The only problem is that it doesn't start until 10.30pm because it doesn't get dark until then! Hope I can stay awake!

Daithi is at the house again. Cian has just arrived and gone up to help. I think they are putting in more insulation. Daithi went to see a form of plastering which is a DIY system. It means that we can finish the house room by room and not have to rely on very unreliable plasterers! But when he got there they were closed (typical!). We were supposed to be getting the windows transported from the workshop today too but the guy let us down. Next week I shall be busy painting them. Great stuff!