Been a pretty manic last few days.....
Maxwell has continued to go to mini football on Sundays and really enjoys it still although he hasnt massively improved thats no biggie and when he first started going I told about how they give a certificate or medal to the "player of the week" and that some kids had won it twice but Max albeit having been through my rose tinted glasses the best player some weeks had not won it.
I wondered if they had a list and gave it out randomly as some of the kids who won it definitely didnt deserve to win it but I refused to ask and Max had got over the first few weeks where he cried when he didnt win it, although it didnt stop him saying he was going to try and win it on the way there or whilst standing outside.
This week he finally was rewarded and absolutely beamed for the rest of the day but unfortunately it was one of the weeks where I was at work so only got to hear about him winning it as I walked through the door but he was an absolute diamond and so proud of himself and you could see how much it meant to him. He goes to pre-school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and wanted to take his certificate to school to show "his friends" and on his return the teachers had let him have a few minutes telling the class how he had won it and what he did which I can only imagine being 3 1/2 was albeit a bit daunting a great experience for him at such a young age.
Here he is
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And a few minutes later he was merrily having his photo taken so that Petra can produce the yearly "Kral" chrimbo card but he positively bounced all day which was lovely to see and it made me think that during my degenerative years I had some pretty amazing highs and some incredible lows but absolutely nothing beats seeing your own flesh and blood so happy!
Petra came to see "The Royal" and she actually is the most excited I have seen her
since our wedding day about one of my business ideas and totally bought into the idea and on Monday after she had seen the premises she came out wth a similar concept to one that Lil Dave had spoken to me about during the day and we are now getting into the nitty gritty bits of negotiating a price on the lease before hopefully pressing on fully but I will post more soon on this.
I was googlng the premises and found some great old photos of the Royal which shows what an iconic building it is for the area...
Then
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Now
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It's really exciting but nerve wracking at the same time as we would really need to make this work but with 3 business in 1 and the ideas we have were really confident that it will work plus the council are giving grants away for companies that are creating or safe guarding employment and will match what you put in if you have a premises/business idea that qualifies and this should so it wont just be our hard earned at risk.
watch this space...