Quite enjoying the solitude. 😆
We had a nice afternoon and Tarly and I dropped Davies off at Beavers. We came back and I read her a pile of books all cuddled up together as I said I couldn’t do bedtime stories tonight as Daddy’s not here. I also lit a fire. Ady tends to have problems with lighting our fire but it’s one of those tasks that it never really occurs to me to do (a bit like hoovering 😉 ), anyway I laid it just like I watched Dad do every winters night for years, lit it and away it went – I felt just like a first former lighting one for the older girls at Malory Towers 😆
We went to collect Davies, stopping to look back at the house and see the smoke coming from the chimney on the way. I’d pretty much abandonded him really given last week was his first ever week there and he knew no one but the thought of trying to contain Scarlett while 15 boys ran around playing games was too much to consider so we’d just dropped him off and left – they have my phone number and obviously I could have been back there in less than a minute (it is literally at the end of the road) – I even kept my shoes on just in case :lol:. Anyway we walked in and he was quite happily messing about with one of the other lads and sitting in the middle of a group looking more than happy so no worries there then. 🙂
He came dashing over to tell me he had learnt something new which he *needed* to demonstrate and as they had announced that ‘Oliver is going to say a prayer as we are doing our faith badge this term’ at the end I was semi anticipating either a psalm or indeed a demonstration of hypnotising the room enmasse 😉 but he dashed to the end of the hall, took a run up, dropped to his knees and spread his arms out to skid across the floor towards me. With utter delight 🙂 He said the others had all been doing it so he’d watched them and had a go and couldn’t believe how you kept moving on your knees. So another great milestone moment there. 😆 I told him that it is a child’s solemn responsibility and contribution towards the couple’s future happiness to perform this act at wedding receptions while the adults dance to High Ho Silver Lining and Love Is All Around so I imagine he’ll be trialling that at Kirsty and James’ next month. 😆 He did ask if we could refloor our hall (the only area in the house with the length to perform such manouveres but I said not so I expect he will take every shiny smooth floor opportunity he can get to hone his skill – won’t be taking him to Tesco’s any time soon then. 😆
They rang Ady to say goodnight – Davies’ first sentence was ‘Mummy’s made a fire and it’s really good!’ then went off to bed with fairly minimal fuss. I hoovered in honour of Ady and then had a bath by which time both of them were asleep. I had a dinner that Ady doesn’t like so is my stalwart in his absence dinner and am enjoying the peace, my lovely fire (which I have sent him a picture text of :lol:) and listening to Kirsty MacColl.
ROFL – when I read about Davies skidding over on FP, I nearly added something about him asking to refloor your house! 😆
Comment by Alison — 16 January 2007 @ 8:35 am
mmmm, real fire….. would love one!
Comment by t-bird — 16 January 2007 @ 11:30 am