Dragged ourselves out of the house around 11ish for a 10:30 park meet being held at a park nearly an hour’s drive away. Um, yeah *blush* When we got there A positively leapt on K and dragged her away – I think they’ve missed each other. Gorgeous park, heaps to do, and enclosed so I could leave the two of them to do their own thing and chat with friends. A highlight was watching a long line of 4-7yo girls (including some strangers they had roped into their games) trying to negotiate the climbing equipment while holding hands in a line. Much giggling ensued *crosses “collaborative play” off checklist* L mentioned having a park meet next week and maybe more regularly – yes please!

After I could finally drag them away from there, we went to Kingston and ate lunch, dropped briefly in at Vinnies to look for more pants for H and long-sleeved Ts for K, then did the F&V shopping. Considering that I got slapped with a $150 speeding fine this morning (buggrit) I figured we could skip the rest of the weekly shop and eat from the pantry this week so it doesn’t bite too hard into savings.

H was asleep by the time we got home (around 4) and when he woke up he was grumpy, so I tucked him up in Mr Bat’s bed and put on Playschool. K was playing Starfall again, then watched something else. We played tic-tac-toe, although K got very disgruntled when I kept winning despite the number of times I pointed out how she could stop me from getting three in a row (she kept ignoring me!). When Mr Bat got home, there was story-telling, books, and voyaging outside with a torch to look for the possums before dinner. Then they had a long bath, and K and I read another 20 pages of Little Town on the Prairie before bed.