Nice weekend

The last two days have actually felt like it's the holidays at last! Our children have been awake most of the day, and easy to get back to sleep at night. Despite Elodie skipping 2 feeds entirely this weekend she's been cheerful. And even though she was running a temperature on friday she's really been nothing more than a bit snuffly- which is better than Caleb who's been leaving snot everywhere he goes this week...

Yesterday afternoon we went out to play at the Burford Garden Centre and ended up at the Wildlife Park again! I don't think we'll need to visit again for a little while somehow. Anyway, the sunshine and stimulation did us all good and the kids were certainly ready for bed when we got home. Then we spent a lovely evening playing Scrabble, with a bit of Miles Davis in the background. If that sounds a bit middle-aged I'm sorry but it's a step up from slobbing in front of a movie as far as I'm concerned. It felt wonderful to be awake enough to partake of something that used our brains!


Today we went to Cote for church and honestly it feels a bit futile at the moment since there's no creche (coz there aren't many littlies) so we just go to church in order to look after our kids somewhere else. Since the Biddlecombes have been away the last three weeks it's not even as if we can share out the responsibility. Still, it's never a bad thing to go to church! Then this afternoon we got the balance just right of taking it easy and getting things done. We cleaned the car inside-out (I know, keep breathing!) and various other things that Caleb could help with (or play with the remains of in the case of the shredding) and this evening it was Lost again-I'm certain it will be our new obsession.

Just when it's starting to feel like the holidays Mark's got to get working. And Caleb isn't close to being potty-trained, or sleeping in his own bed, or any of the things we had planned on! Sigh, there's always next summer...