This one’s for you Hazel

Well, here I am, trying not to think about how Toby’s getting on. It’s his first day at school and because he’s autistic I wasn’t able to prepare him as well as I’d have liked. Still he should like today – they’re swimming this morning, PE this afternoon and half an hour of soft play at the end of the day (because it’s a severe learning difficulty school they do lots of pyhsical activity and have their own bouncy castle and soft play room!). Tomorrow he’s got his first horse-riding lesson – still can’t imagine what he’ll make of that. Anyway, the point of posting is to take my mind of worrying about him – so I should move on. Back to Hazel…

My new friend Hazel (mum to Madeline and Jack who is also autistic) invited me over to her house last friday evening. She’d organised a charity fund raising evening (Hazel – where do you get your energy?!) selling beautiful handmade cards, children’s clothes, Tibetan furniture and accessories, knitted corsages and more. Well, what a great evening – everyone had a fab time drinking, eating
cakes (Hazel’s chocolate cake is legendary) and shopping (what a heavenly combination). I was chuffed to bits as I sold 10 rabbits and 5 cakes so a big thank you to the lovely ladies of Townshend and West Streets who were so complimentary about my work. Above are some of the cakes that I sold for the charity.