It has been a while.....

Wow - I have just seen that I have not updated this for nearly a month....
Well, I have been awake most of the night after my flight... I gave up trying to sleep in the end and have been working for the last two hours - next I will shower and then go have breakfast - I will probably need to go to bed then but will have a days work to do.....
It was absolutley fantastic to see you all this past week. You are all looking great.
I know that the last two months have been a bit unsettling as you have not had your own stuff around you and so on, but that is nearly at an end.
I am delighted that you have all got in to school and astonished as to how much you are all looking forward to actually going to school.... Amazing - I wish that when I was your age I looked forward to school the way you do. I suspect that yesterday you went out and got your uniforms from a comment Mummy made to me on the phone last night. That bit I did used to enjoy every year - new shirts, trousers, shoes - yummy.
I hope that your first days will be OK and that you settle in quickly and make good new friends. Remember what I said on Saturday - most people are shy when they meet new people so don't worry if the boys and girls in your class are not immediatley friendly.
They will warm to you soon enough.
I experienced this a few times when I was younger.
Remember that you do not have to pretend to be anything other than yourselves to make friends. Just be yourselves - you all have remarkable stories to tell that most of the kids that you will meet will never experience.
We are very lucky people to travel the way we do and to see and experience some of the things that we have experienced.
Use that to your advantage, but nicely - never brag or show off.
To the kids in your new classes, it is YOU that is the exotic and exciting person. So just know that in the back of your head when you feel a bit shy and worried about how strange all the new experiences are.
You will all be GREAT!! And you will all make great friends too.
Let me know how it goes my loves!!
I love you beyond anything imaginable. With all my heart and soul.
xxxx