Now kids are back

02/08/2008 by Aileen.

So the kids stayed with us from Saturday to Thursday. It was quite a long time for 4 yr old Kieran, but he had Liam there.

Sunday we chilled - we try not to go anywhere at the weekend because of crowds.

Monday - back to the wonderful Honeysuckle Farm where they bounced on bales for over an hour. Really interesting watching all the kids/parents/grandparents. Some little girls were really dressed up atrociously like little tarts. They couldn’t even jump properly in the hay.

Tuesday - a lovely day at Hornsea. Wish I had brought my cossie as the water was so tempting. We raced away from the waves yelling ‘Shark’. (We played that game on holiday twice when I took the lads on evening walks through the fields, only we yelled ‘Bull!’

Wednesday -chilled again. Up to playground, drawing, watching tv. In the evening the kids put on a concert for us (their second) This consisted of karate. Liam just threw Kieran all over the place (on grass) and then we realised that Kieran wasn’t actually participating - he was sulking and just became this inanimate object that Liam could throw around at will. I had tears rolling down my face I was laughing so much. Kieran is a little indiarubber boy.

Thursday - I drove them to Carlisle, while Ali and her friend Donna drove down from Renfrew and picked them up.

Other news this week.

Bradley made his First Communion on Sunday. Lovely service. He is such a great little kid. Éamonn announced that I was internationally known for my FHC book. Well it does sell in Australia, and maybe in the States, but I’m not sure that I am actually famous. Not like J .K. Rowling for instance. I do come up on Google though.

John had the next stage of his tooth implant in on Wednesday. Dentist and assistants gowned up for the ‘operation’ and the surgery rang on Thursday to see if he was ok. He can’t drink alcohol for four weeks, so when we go to Martin and Fiona’s on Monday I can drink and he can drive. Not sure how that works. Has this happened before?

That’s all the news really. John has a check up at Stoke Mandeville on Monday. That’s why we’re seeing M and F in the evening. I’ve arranged to see an OU student while J is being ‘looked at’ as she lives quite close. I haven’t spoken much to her before on the chats, but through the OU she has met someone who often posts lovely poetry. He used to be a soldier. A lovely love story.

That’s the second romance that has blossomed in the OU this year (second that I know of) I met Saul and Diane at the Manchester reunion. They obviouysly hit it off, cos now they’re an item. Another lovely couple. Both very talented.

Oh, the other bit of news is that I put on 3lbs at Slimming World on Wednesday. I decided to enjoy the holiday! And the candy floss at Hornsea probably didn’t help. Well, John had two sticks of rock. He reasoned that as he had the denstist the next day it didn’t really matter if he broke a tooth. Men!

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