For the last time ever with NC 🙂 Hurrah and Woohoo and that.
Had an uneventful day at work really today. I spent some time teaching a colleague how to do one of the small jobs I do. I colour photocopied lots of childrens’ book covers to make jigsaws for Chatterbooks next week. I spent some time on the desk, some time on the counter and some time putting books back on shelves. I did lots of ordering in books for me and the kids which always makes me happy as I smugly get to waive the 50pence reservation charge for all the adult books I order and the hire charges for dvds and music :). I spent the first hour or so agreeing cheerily with everyone coming in saying how cold it was outside and the remaining 7 hours agreeing in a less cheery manner while privately thinking ‘well it is bloody February, what were you expecting? Sub tropical conditions??!!’.
And then I came home.
Meanwhile Ady was home with Davies and Scarlett til 10am when Dad arrived, Dad was here til about 3pm with Davies and Scarlett and then Ady came back and collected them and they went off to visit some stores together. In the morning Davies did some Fantastic Contraptions including signing up for an account (still free at the moment, he needs to complete all levels before I pay) so that his progress gets saved as he lost all the progress he’d made yesterday but seems to have motored through all the levels again this morning. Not sure what Scarlett did, I left her playing on DS.
While Dad was here they talked about the Hiroshima bomb and other such ‘olden day’ things from when Dad was a lad.
I got in nearly a full hour before anyone else but spent most of it dealing with the chickens who were being all hysterical and flappy about their perch falling down in the shed, making a cup of tea and opening the post. Then the others arrived home and while Ady made the kids some tea I looked through the huge pile of books about cartoons and animation I’d brought home for Davies finishing with a really good Simpsons book which Davies has already made full use of perfecting his drawings of Homer and Bart with.
We carried on our Ted Hughes homage with which was very well recieved considering I don’t think we’ve ever read poetry before and then the first chapter of which we enjoyed.
After bedtime Davies came and chatted to me for ages while I was in the bath about Badger camp last year, some of the Badgers and our opinions of them (now I can talk to him about individuals which I never could before as they were one mass of kids) including a nice lad who I’ve noted being wrongly accused of being a trouble maker and interesting Davies made the same observation. He is pretty certain he doesn’t want to do camp this year but insists he had a fab time last year and will go again next year. I am pleased, both from the saving the £140 point of view (and the rest as Scarlett and I ended up spending on things we wouldn’t have done if Davies had been around) and from the not having to dread the week and miss him so terribly although I am sure I’d be (marginally) better this year if he did go.
Then I sat with Scarlett for a while and talked through some of the things that seem to worry her when she is lying in bed not being asleep. These include sharks, crocodiles and robbers. Fortunately all fairly easy to talk through and allay her fears about them not being very likely to come and get her in her bedroom. I sat with her til she fell asleep and then came and helped Ady with some work he was struggling with.
We had guinea fowl for dinner as Ady had picked some up reduced to just £1 each, which was nice but nothing amazing.
And I think that brings Thursday to a close.