The weekend

Which was kind of nothing like the last one. On account of not having any parties or houseguests and only the two of us for Ady to produce a roast dinner for tonight!

We’ve spent both days at my parents house as Mum was off yesterday and so was Frazer. So we’ve been fed lovely lunches, Ady’s got to sit and watch Sky Sports with two other people who do give a damn about football results, the kids have enjoyed having additional playmates in the shape of Mum, Dad and Frazer and played the toys over there to pieces. There is a selection of stuff which we didn’t have room to keep over here and some of mine and Frazer’s old toys (playmobile, Fisher Price play people, duplo etc) and loads and loads of space to run around and put on shows and stuff over there so they’ve been in their elements.

I’ve spent most of the two days in the kitchen, drinking endless tea, enjoying the peace of not seeing the children for hours and just administering occassional cuddles when they come and demand them. I’ve been a little vague about it but we are in the middle of a bit of a financial crisis which has been a long while coming really. I won’t say any more only that hopefully it is in hand and my parents are being very helpful so a lot of this weekend has been ‘crisis talks’.

Yesterday Davies and I snuggled up with the computer for a while and I showed him some websites about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot – which ended up encompassing various other conversations including Catholics and Protestants, Parliament and cellars! Later at my parents I tried to show off and get him to re-tell them what he’d learnt. I asked him what the man had been called and he said ‘James’. No not James said I, Yes actually Mummy, King James – that was who Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up! :-). Ady and Davies spent about an hour in the garden last night watching fireworks and this morning he made loads of pictures and drawings of them and then him and Scarlett did some lego creations too. So plenty of learning through play and general chit-chat ed too.

This week is looking fairly quiet – we’ve got the ill fated WAG tomorrow – I’ve totally decided I’ve had enough and will not be continuing after Christmas – we’ve got an evening meeting on Wednesday night where I will tell the others and I would imagine that will spell the end for it really. I know Julie won’t bother anymore which only leaves 3 of them. Vickie I will arrange to see fortnightly or similar as I really like her and Davies and Scarlett really like her little boy Andrew and the other two I will stay in touch with and maybe try and set up a monthly soft play date or something. That will make our only committment Tumble Tots on a Wednesday which leaves the rest of the week free for various get togethers with friends (Ros, Ali, Vickie, Julie, Lucy, Rachel, Mel) and more time at home doing stuff which I have a bit of a hankering for at the moment anyway and certainly through the winter I think the children will enjoy. They are both showing signs of being ready for something more than unstructured play and I think some more crafts and stuff would be ideal – first project will be handmade Christmas gifts for everyone! 😉

Aside from Tumble Tots the only other thing planned for this week is a trip to London on Thursday for me and Davies. We are going to TV studios for a new Sky channel called Sky Baby to be part of an interview Miranda is doing about nightnight.com. We have to pretend to be one of the first subscribers to the stories and Davies will do his little bit about how much he loves all the characters etc. I’ve not told him yet just incase it is cancelled last minute (as these things so often seem to be with Miranda) but if we go it should be a nice little adventure and great to have a day just him and I. Miranda has also said she’ll buy us lunch which is never something to turn down 😉 and of course if the website really takes off there is always the chance of work for me too 🙂