I was grumpy first thing this morning. Both the children were awake and up and noisy far too early. I shouted down to them to be quieter three times before getting up (although Scarlett did bring me a cup of tea). I then went in the playroom to get the books ready for the person who’s bought them on ebay only to discover I couldn’t get near them for all the stuff Ady had shoved in there over the weekend as I cleared the kids rooms. He seems to be taking the clear horizontal surfaces I keep creating as room to shove stuff 🙁 Grr.
Rant about that over we had a quick visit to the tip to get rid of all of the rubbish out of that room and I tried and failed to return my crutches to the hospital as there was no parking to be found. I got most irate in the carpark at all the idiots going the wrong way up and down the rows particularly as you only had 10 minutes before the barrier of the exit wouldn’t lift without you paying for parking. The carpark was just too mental to let Davies run out with the crutches to drop them in so I brought them home again and will take them in on Wednesday when we wil be just across the road at Badgers. I did what the children found a very amusing rant about how everyone in the carpark should clearly be kept in and treated for being idiots so it was not all wasted time 😆
Back at home we moved on to planning Secret Santa gifts. We’ve been trying to match our recipients to stuff we already have in our ‘to get rid of’ pile so most will be getting books ;). We also wanted to make something personal so the kids came up with designs for something I have done the making of and they both have additional bits to fill the bags with. We did need to pop out to do some photocopying and buy a box of matches though (ooh, mysterious ;)) so went to the library and the newsagents and found Joyce’s book waiting for me at the library too :). Cue great excitement all round as we flicked through the book whilst waiting to use the photocopier and found my name in it :). So very proud of Joyce 🙂 🙂
We also called at the bakers for after-lunch cakes and came home to eat. Davies and Scarlett chose a film to watch while eating and after some debate went for Nim’s Island. I read some of the book for Reading Group tomorrow which I have long since giving up hope of actually finishing which is a bit akward as I am in charge but I think enough other people will have finished it that I can simply chair the debate rather than participate :).
Then I got the sewing machine out to do my part of the present making and am really pleased with the results, while Davies did some drawing and writing and Scarlett did some looking through books for inspiration. It was a nice at home afternoon with breaks for tea, lighting the fire, chopping up some wood and puttting the chickens away.
When we saw How to train your dragon for film week both Davies and Scarlett really enjoyed it and were keen for Ady to see it so we had said when it came out on dvd we would buy it and have a family film night with takeaway which we used to do monthly but haven’t done for ages. The vote was for KFC so Ady brought home the film and a box of chicken and we all watched the film – *very* early dinner for Ady and I before 7pm 😆
The film was as much enjoyed by the kids second time round and they are looking forward to exploring the second disc and the bonus features tomorrow. They went off to bed, we had baths and watched The Good Life and The Trip. Everyone is very positive about next years plans today and we’re really looking forward to camp :).
We have Secret Santa making on the calendar for tomorrow, lol! In fact E and I have already sorted out ours, but Tilda and Lulah’s involve doing stuff, and Lulah will need a LOT of input from me and I needed some time to get everything ready. Cryptic 🙂
Comment by Alison — 16 November 2010 @ 8:22 am
lol, we haven’t done secret santa, and i need to get going. actually bb has done hers, but decided to keep it, so we need to do it again – grin 🙂
Comment by HelenHaricot — 16 November 2010 @ 1:14 pm