Bank Holiday!

As all days now seem the same to us, we don’t really count Bank Holidays, but we know other people do, so it’s always a delight to entertain whenever there is an extended weekend.

On Sunday, we had invited Michelle and Tim to come and visit. They had hoped to come the previous weekend but, with hospital visits and so on, it wasn’t quite the right time then. So they made an extra-special effort to come back up the motorway to see us yesterday. And what a lovely time we had.

The weather was warm and balmy; we had seats and tables outside to sit at; we had food and drink available – so we relaxed into a few hours of chat. I was particularly interested in seeing photos of Michelle’s son, Paul, and his fiancé, Zoe, getting married on Thursday. It looked like they had a fabulous day and they, and their guests, looked beautiful.

Michael and Danielle called in after they had been to a christening and were delighted to meet up with Michelle and Tim. It had been a while, I think, since they had seen each other.

The children were very well-behaved, so we were able to carry on chatting and not be distracted too much. Although I couldn’t resist, and neither could they, of course…..

We were delighted that Michelle and Tim stayed well into the afternoon, but they had a two-hour journey home, so the farewell came all too soon. We were on the doorstep saying goodbye when I suddenly remembered that I’d wanted a photo of us all together. Photo duly taken, Michael chuckled, “That’ll be appearing in the blog tonight!” Ah……. maybe not. Tim wasn’t too keen, so we had another one taken with Michelle…. and here we are! Don’t we look good?

After Tim and Michelle left, we carried on enjoying ourselves en famille, playing in the garden, playing in the house, eating an evening meal together, bathing the children and putting them to bed before we settled to an evening chinwag. Ah….. bliss!

This morning I was up with the lark. At 5.45 William came through and told me that he was awake. “Ahh….. you’re awake?” inwardly groaning, I played for time…… “I think it’s a bit early to get up, so let’s rest for another half an hour, eh?” William, as good as gold, went back to bed for twenty minutes.

Of course, it wasn’t long before Thomas was awake, too. The dog had barked, hadn’t he? Michael wearily came downstairs, Thomas in arms. Gosh, neither of us were on top form at that time in the morning!!! But the children were….

Anyway, we soon got the hang of it and I took the boys back upstairs to play in William’s/Freddie’s room for an hour with the door shut, so that everyone else, including Michael, could extend their shuteye for a bit longer.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our day. We had breakfast of course, early on, but treated ourselves to a mid-morning Bank Holiday Brunch in the newly-decorated dining room. We played a bit and, while Thomas had his nap and Michael and Danielle went to a Garden Centre for an hour, we watched TV a bit, too. When the grown-ups got back, they brought a cream tea home with them for a treat which was lush! I had lots and lots of cuddles with baby Oliver and we felt blessed for the company of family. Bank Holiday? Don’t mind if we do!!!

Take care everyone. God bless.