I had a festive lie in this morning which was much needed. Ady had a festive early morning, he loves being off work at Christmas (after so many years in retail the novelty has yet to wear off of a full week plus off work at Christmas) so he made a cooked breakfast, chopped firewood and other such busyness.
Davies was psp-ing, Scarlett was exploring other gifts and then we all wrapped up warm and drove to the beach for some fresh air. It was pretty busy with people along the cycle / foot path with people testing out new rollerskates, bikes, scooters and skateboards but the actual beach was fairly quiet. Davies did some standing right out on the rocks risking splash hazards while Scarlett had brought along an Usborne spotters book on seashells she got for Christmas to try and identify as many shells as she could so she was beachcombing.
It was gorgeous down there, incredibly still and actually very mild with no wind and the sea perfectly calm. The sun was hanging low in the sky which was all streaked with pink and grey – just beautiful 🙂
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We came home via Sainsburys as we’d run out of lemonade and wanted to check out the reduced to clear meat – we got loads of bargains, a £20 free range turkey crown for under a fiver, a couple of really posh steaks for a quid each and a joint of lamb for £3. About £60 worth of meat for under a tenner, so that’s topped the freezer up nicely as this is set to be a skint month before it’s even started.
We settled in with the end of Over the Hedge and then Enchanted along with loads of nice food. Scarlett is officially addicted to twiglets, may need to see about rehab for her.
Scarlett and I did some of her crafty stuff, some fridge magnet plaster moulds and then Davies and I made a robot electronics kit he had, we watched Countryfile and all spent some time looking out of the window using Tarly’s night vision monocular, it’s very good. She’s really looking forward to being in the van next year and using it to spot stuff at night. Might try and do an after dark nature walk with her sometime this week to have a go.
The kids are back to their own beds again tonight, Scarlett was certainly asleep much quicker, although they were still late to bed.