Wednesday: Went into Hville to do the F&V shopping, then realised when I got there that I’d forgotten my wallet, d’oh! Had to drive home and get it, so we had lunch before heading out again, since I’d just spent … Continue reading
We managed to pack ourselves and our stuff into the car and make it to the park day only about an hour late (which is a good showing for us pack of slackers). Knowing that we were going to one … Continue reading
The weekend went largely to shit, mostly because of the incessant rain and the lack of attractive local indoor options for a couple of monkeys who were bouncing off the walls by midday Sunday. But this morning was beautifully sunny, … Continue reading
Monday Despite appalling insomnia and only three hours sleep I dragged us out to HIP in the morning. Much more sensible than an attempt at keeping everyone entertained all day at home. So we spent a couple of hours there, … Continue reading
This morning I finally stopped procrastinating about sewing the iron-on mender onto my worn-out jeans and brown cords. The jeans are only just starting to wear through but the cords are definitely on their last, ahem, legs (sorry). K, who … Continue reading
got up 90mins before small people and started shopping list and menu plan. Decided that this week should be Africa Week so that we can give back the African cookbook. K very impressed and wanted to start cooking Right Now! … Continue reading
Friday Mr Bat worked from home, so a lot of the morning was spent repeating “No, Daddy’s NOT HERE, he’s at work, please don’t go in there…” Went to Katy’s around lunchtime for crafty, then home via the real estate … Continue reading
Monday morning had lots of disturbed sleep, which resulted in a very grumpy, slow-to-get-started mummy. We didn’t get out of the house to go to HIP til close to midday, and since the kids hadn’t had lunch and I keep … Continue reading
We all got up around 9:30 this morning, after H decided to get up at 6am and run up and down the house demanding that somebody get him a slice of cheese. Eventually I clubbed him senseless boobed him to … Continue reading
Sunday H got worse, not better, as his residual cold took over on top of the gastro. He may or may not have still been sick, but he was certainly coughing until he puked, so we decided to avoid aggravating … Continue reading