As described by Tarly when asked if she’d had a nice day today. It was a positive description if not a very suitable word 🙂
They both did some drawing and colouring first thing while I made a picnic, sorted some washing (I have four washing baskets and currently they are all full of clean washing to put away -urgh!) and did some email catching up.
Somehow we still failed to be out of the house on time to get to Chichester for midday as arranged for the EO local contacts picnic although we were parked by 10 past. I then managed to walk the entire perimeter of the park which is within Roman walls, missing the entrance and adding probably a mile’s walk to it arriving a further half and hour late! Ah well, good exercise all round – and I had got Tarly walking too on the basis we had parked so nearby 😉
Not such a good turn out this month as we had last month but I think we had been a bit lazier about promoting it tbh – decided we would give it a miss for July and August and arrange another one for September when school children are no longer at large! Julie and the twins were already there so Davies and Scarlett ran in to the playground bit to play with them while I did my meet and greet duties and then we ate some of the picnic.
I’d promised the children we’d go strawberry picking on the way home if the weather was good and they were good too. Somehow I managed to persuade Julie to come along too (she suspects she will be in trouble with Chris for this as pick your own is not organic and various other irrational reasons for not taking toddlers there!). All of the kids had a whale of a time eating, picking and competing to see who picked the most, had the shiniest and biggest fruit. I took them there a couple of times last year and it was always a really popular venue. Jack and Maisie had a great time too, although they both seemed to find a good spot, sit down and eat their way through it so I hope Chris is not being justified in his ranting by them having tummy aches tonight 🙁
Came home with two huge punnets as I couldn’t bear to not buy all my two had picked (but for a fiver we have at least twice as many as you’d get for that in Sainsburys, and they are really sweet and lovely 🙂
Played in the garden (well the kids played and I read my book) and had the kids’ tea out there until Ady got home.
Another really nice, long hot sunny day outside enjoying the freedom that no work and no school can offer. Sometimes I really love my life 🙂
I want lots of those for Sunday so we might just do that tomorrow- somewhere in our hectic day!
Comment by Roslyn — 09 June 2005 @ 11:03 pm
Sounds like my lovely day today, ’tis nice, isn’t it? 🙂
Comment by Sarah — 10 June 2005 @ 12:09 am
grin – a friend of mine always maintained that summer is the reward of the stay-at-home parent – I reckon that goes double for HEors 😉
Comment by Alison — 10 June 2005 @ 11:15 am