Well I brought some corn for popping

Scarlett seemed all but fully recovered this morning but Davies has been very pale, quiet and cuddly all day today. It’s clearly just a cold but seems to be a nasty one.

First thing we needed to pop to the bank so Ady took us there and I just ran in which saved trying to find a parking space and dragging the children through town – it is already busy for Christmas. He dropped us home again and headed off to work. I made the first of many, many cups of tea and we settled down to watch Simpsons Movie for the first time today (Davies managed three times in all). We followed that up with the latest Barbie film – Island Princess, which Tarly got for her birthday. I made popcorn to accompany that one and a very sticky toffee sauce to pour over it which was nice but I ate way too much of.

Lucy and The Rs came round for an hour or so bringing paper chain making with them which Scarlett and Rebecca did, Richard mostly ‘celebrated with’ which largely involved using it as confetti 😆 and Davies watched the dvd extras of the Simpsons film while Lucy and I chatted. They did all go off and play for a while and then Davies did some magic painting (he’d gotten a book in his goody bag from Badgers and I have a stash of them hidden away) while the others played ‘Supercats’ and ate popcorn. Finally Davies brought in the wooden train track which pretty much engaged all of them until it was time for them to go home.

Scarlett carried on playing with the train track while Davies slumped again and came and snuggled up with me on the sofa to watch Miracle on 34th Street (remade version with Richard Attenborough) which had me sniffling much of the way through. I paused it to go and make them soup for tea while they tidied up the train track and then we watched the end of it and Ady arrived home. Davies was utterly wiped out by this point despite doing nothing all day so he went off for a very early night taking the Simpsons and the portable dvd player with him. Scarlett and I watched some Strictly Come Dancing which we never watch normally but we enjoyed all the jazz hands before she went off to bed too.

I’d been in the mood for baking today but only managed the toffee popcorn so I indulged that by creating masterpieces with my toad in the hole and roasted potatoes with bacon and onions which was delicious. 🙂 It’s felt like a long day today with not a lot really in it, other than the whole Annette shocker! Off to work tomorrow for the whole day before enjoying a weekend which rather miraculously doens’t have any plans in it yet. 🙂