My little brother has just got bigger

For quite a while now James hasn't really been my 'little' brother, he's at least a couple of inches taller than me! He's instructed me before to call him my 'big little brother'. Today he really was my big, grown up, little brother, if that makes sense! He started at the upper school today that I am at in the special needs inclusion class. He looked so smart, grown up and ready for the big world.

He loved having to wear a tie as he has been so interested in helping dad get ready for work over the past few years, and it was finally him who needed to wear a tie.
He had a great first day at school, enjoying being back with his friends and in a routine.

We had a great weekend this past weekend. We decided to have a little getaway to the sea for a night, Nan, Mum, James and I. We left on Friday, arriving Friday night at our travel lodge destination, ready to wake and spend a morning at the sea. We used to have a caravan on the Norfolk coast, and I really wish we still did, but on Saturday morning we returned to the site and played on the beach. It was a good nostalgia trip for me as I can remember many days at that beach, playing and exploring. The weather was really lovely, I had my shorts on, which is unusual for me in Norfolk, and the sea was quite warm. Rolo loves the sea, as soon as we get close his nose goes mad and he pulls right the way to the sea. He loves playing with stones, most dogs like sticks or balls, but not Rolo. He finds a stone on the beach and digs it into the sand. Here's Rolo carefully selecting a stone.

James also loves the sea, so we were playing together, building sand castles and running through the water for a good couple of hours.

I am starting sixth form on Thursday back at the same school. I'm looking forward to getting back into school and excited to start my subjects which are Double Maths, English Literature and Language combined and Biology. I'm not taking art onto the next level, it was so much work, and even though it was rewarding, it would compromise my other subjects and doesn't offer as many options in my future.
I have been enjoying some retail therapy today, stocking up my sixth form wardrobe with charity shop bargains and some autumn warmth. Charity shops are great places, they have so much stigma amongst children, but you can get some great, brand knew clothes that are great quality. We've spent a lot today, but the money's gone to a good cause and I have enough clothes to last a couple of years. Here's a new hand bag I found in the charity shop, I love it, so retro and colourful, a good inspiration source for pattern and colours.

Bye for now,
Hannah :)