First week at school - and a new start

Ciara has just finished her first week at proper school - and has had a thoroughly good time by all accounts. To mark this occasion, and to recognise that Ciara not longer users a bed pan, and will soon NOT be bald, I've decided to migrate Bald Kids and Bed Pans into a generic Stuff blog. I know Ciara is the most interesting thing about my family but it's time to carry on with life. Maybe Finn's antics might feature, or some general stuff about things I'm interested or involved in.

Never fear...there will be plenty of Ciara news when it comes.

You'll find the new blog at...wait for it... http://elliottucker.net

Catchy huh? See ya there....

A Big Day and a New Chapter

Today marked a day that on too many times we thought we'd never see. Ciara put on a new uniform and went to school for the first time. We're all so proud of her, the brave little girl has been through so much yet she's managed to put it all behind her and bravely step into a new class and a new stage in life.



Even though school has only just started, she was the new girl today as most of the other kids started last Thursday. The delay was caused by us not knowing if she had a place or not - she'd missed the deadline for enrolment - however a letter from her consultant had secured her a place. She's going to Scoil Mhichil Naofa, a big ol' Catholic school, about a million times bigger than the school I went to as a five year old and Ciara will be there now until she goes to secondary school many years from now. I think it's going to take some time for her to get used to it - she only reluctantly agreed to go back tomorrow - but I reckon she'll get in to it soon enough.
Ciara did her part at her aunty's wedding last month when she was the flower girl. Aunty Annie asked her to be her flower girl last Summer, a time when Ciara was very unwell. Like the first day of school, Ciara being the flower girl at a wedding seemed so far away and yet the day came round and Ciara shone. We could never have hoped that Ciara would have been so healthy and happy on the day.


Ciara wasn't the only offspring of mine at the wedding. Finn turned up too - he didn't think much of it.