This morning we gathered up everything ready to get the car packed up, this feels like the most protracted holiday preparation ever :rolls:. Ady had homemade cards and some aftershave (not thankfully home made although I’m sure Scarlett could have risen to such a challenge admirably, less sure Ady would have worn it :lol:) for Fathers Day. The car got packed up, I plaited Scarlett’s hair ready for a week of neglect while she played her DS and then my parents arrived.
We’d planned a barbecue and despite a bit of a shower at one point we were determinedly British about the whole business and stayed outside anyway :lol:. Frazer arrived and stayed for a couple of hours too which was nice; the children haven’t seen him for a while.
There was plenty of eating, chicken watching and general lazing around and the day seemed to go pretty quickly. We’ve decided to just go straight to Cornwall now so have a long drive ahead tomorrow but felt we were going to lose too much of what was already a reduced time away in packing up and pitching if we went with a two site trip. Plus the places we want to visit in Dorset are only a couple of hours drive away so doable in a day or certainly a weekend camping later in the summer.
I read a pile of books to the children at bedtime and my parents stayed to listen to about half, very obviously listening and my Mum even commented on one afterwards which felt a little strange to be reading stories to my parents but quite nice somehow. Ady often sits and listens when I read the Famous Five stories and given how popular audio books are with adult borrowers who listen to them while they do their ironing etc. at work I guess its something we all still love but don’t often get the chance to be read aloud to once we are able to read ourselves.
And now, I really am signing off until next weekend :).
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Comment by HelenHaricot — 16 June 2008 @ 12:31 am
Have fun!
You’re right about the audio books. I like to listen to Agatha Christie I know inside out. It’s very soothing.
Comment by Allie — 16 June 2008 @ 8:36 am