Sunday, November 05, 2006

Empty Nest


























Well, everyone's come and gone... Bob's mom flew back to JHB on Friday and Euan left this morning... It's very quiet around the house now... I've had the last week off work to spend with the two of them before they left... It was lovely, but I caught a cold towards the end of the week and so the last few days haven't been to pleasant.

Ben had his third hearing test on Tuesday... He's failed the last two, and this one went much better or so I thought... He was turning for everything except the really quiet sounds ... Once it was over I was convinced all was okay until the tester turned around and said `My Dear, he has fluid on his ears` She then proceeded to test his ears with a thermometer thingy and was shocked to find that he physically didn't have fluid in his ears... I could see she was stumped. She then questioned me a little on how we interact with him - and the verdict that followed had me laughing out loud... She decided that we overstimulate him! and that we are doing to much with him... What followed then was a lecture in how to talk to my son, as apparently I have taught him to tune me out - but only when I speak softly :)...

Anyway, here are a few more pics - we had a lovely walk on the beach yesterday and I've included some of Ben's Halloween Party at the creche... Don't know the legalities of publishing pics of other people's children, but then, what are the chances of them finding and logging on to my blog??...