An unexpected pleasure

I am still keeping up with my early morning yoga and sticking to the 30-day challenge, but crikey, I do feel creaky first thing. Although, to be fair, this morning wasn’t so bad as I’d had an early night last night. Perhaps that’s the answer.

Yoga session finished, John and I discussed what we might do today. I have a pile of debris in the garden that I am keen to tip into the skip that’s sitting on our drive at the moment, so I thought I might get on with that. John had offered to go over to Michaels to advise on the dismantling of the shed. “Do you want to come?” he said. “Yes, I don’t mind – that’ll be nice.” I replied. “Give Michael a ring and see what’s what.”

In the end, we went over to look after the children for a little while so that Michael and Danielle could go car-hunting. They’d seen one advertised that they might like. The shed dismantling was going to have to wait.

Well, I say we went for a little while…… it transpired that Danielle had a family Baby Shower to attend at one o’clock and had a bit of a panic that she might not be back in time from looking at the car, which was in Derby. Hmm…… probably a bit tight. I mean, we hadn’t arrived in Kenilworth until 10.30…..John agreed to go with Michael instead.

The boys set off; Danielle and I went to Sainsburys for a few supplies. And on the way, we had a delightful encounter with Harriet and Freddie, who were just about to call on the new owners of their old house to let them know that a parcel had been addressed there by mistake. Harriet was amused. One of the girls had made the error but….. “Look who it is who has to go and sort it out!” she laughed.

We did our bit of shopping and went back to the Kenilworth Newbies. The boys ate their packets of crisps on the way home, which negated the need for a ham sandwich just then for their lunch, as they were full. Danielle got ready to go out and put Thomas to bed for his nap before she went.

William and I played games and watched an episode of Paw Patrol before I suggested he might like his ham sandwich. “Yes, please,” he said and wolfed it down.

Thomas woke up about half past two and I was so distracted by his dirty nappy that I forgot to offer him his ham sandwich. He didn’t seem to mind and we played and played all afternoon. It was lovely. This is us, practising saying ‘cheese’ at the camera.

William managed a fabulous cheesy grin and included a lovely little wink, but Thomas was so intent on his effort that he looked permanently serious and worried, bless him. I say nothing about how I look……. and it’s always ten to one in the Kenilworth Newbies’ kitchen.

The men came back from their trip up to Derby about four o’clock, but they were empty-handed. Although there were some plus points to the car they saw, they didn’t quite swing it for Michael, so no sale today. Keep on looking then, I suppose.

John was exhausted when he got back. “I’ve only been sitting in a car,” he complained, “no idea why I am so tired.” We were invited to stay for tea, but we thought it best to come home. John snuggled straight into his chair and promptly fell asleep before I wafted his evening meal in front of him at seven o’clock.

And that was us today. I wasn’t expecting to spend the day with the children but it was, as usual, lovely. Neither was I expecting to bump into Harriet and Freddie but that, too, was lovely.

The Kenilworth Sleaths spent their afternoon in Abbey Fields at a celebration event there – I think it was The Lions annual ‘do’. Freddie had his face painted which I think is stunning. In my opinion, he looks exceedingly cool – the face paint being enhanced by his wobbly baby teeth either side of his emerging adult teeth. Great one for the album.

Take care everyone. God bless.