Tales From Little Bennett End

Well winter sure did close in quick here. Joe played his last game of golf for the year 2 weekends ago and will rest up over winter to try and get rid of his recurring tennis elbow. But at the beginning of winter lots of fun things do happen. Our friends Richard and Olivia and their son Gareth have now moved to the UK and we hosted Richard's 43rd birthday on bonfire night with a big chocolate hedgehog cake and fireworks. Gareth still thinks his Aunt Sally baked it especially. Joe's niece Claire also came by for another short visit and at the end of the month we celebrated Sally's brother Nigel's 40th by giving him a parachute jump and a pair of incontinence pants for the occasion. It was also a month of travel for Joe with 2 business trips to the US, Chicago for a few days and then NY for a whole day (where I'm typing this note). Joe will start a new job on the 5th of December. He will finally complete his gadget freek personae by going to work for the group CTO.

November also saw an early arrival from Santa Claus. Santa let Sally have the pick of bunny rabbits before his main batch. We now have 2 rabbits a tan and white one called Starsky and a white one called Hutch. Both rabbits are settling in. The cat's ain't too pleased though.

Callum is now nearly 5 months old and we quite often get a whole night's sleep out of him. He really does have a great personality. Lots of smiles and laughs and he really doesn't mind being passed around people. He seems to be really fascinated with baby's near his age so hopefully soon he will get to play with some. He's also now a member of the Country Club (well you have to get them in early) and has just recently had his first shot at swimming in the pool. Here he is on his dry run at home.