Today Dale got up all perky at 7 a.m. (I think actually to avoid any more knees in the back from Jonathan), but the rest of us would have slept all day. About 10:30 a.m. he came into my room and opened the blackout curtains, so I got up shortly afterwards, but the kiddoes slept on. A little past 11 I woke up Kayleigh—played on my harp right there in the bedroom, but she didn’t move a muscle, so I had to resort to stroking her hair, talking to her, and pretending that her unicorn Eunice was kissing her all over. She did wake up with a smile, which was nice. Then I got her out of bed by asking her to come wake up Jonathan, which she does really well at home and he always gets up for her. So she went and crawled in bed with Jonathan, gave him a kiss, and told him it was time to get up. He too woke up with a smile and did indeed get up.
In the afternoon the children, Joy, and I walked up to the library to get some books. Along the way we stopped in at the Costa Coffee where Dale, Nigel, and Debbie were having a coffee. They both looked great and it will be nice to spend some time with them while we are here.
It was chilly much of the morning but warmed up while we were in the library. About 3:45 p.m. we all headed over to Lake Meadows park to play at the playground for a while and then to walk around the lake. It was a beautiful day and plenty of people—and birds—were out enjoying it.
Dale has started a Scrabulous game with his mum on Facebook, and he has quickly developed much more sympathy for me than he has had in the past. Mom, you know what I mean!
Posted by elizabeth at July 3, 2008 05:41 PMI've even taken to trying the dictionary altho' so far it hasn't helped any!
Posted by: Cynthia on July 4, 2008 10:39 AM