Back to routine

After the excitement of Hogmanay and New Year(!) we had a few days to chill out before returning back to the day to day routine of school/work/general lazing around (work out who's routine is who's?). We went bowling and I took the children to see 'Bedtime Stories' at the movies. This is a really good fun film.



The children quickly adjusted back to school but my body is still adjusting back to my personal trainer sessions - I was sore last week but am hopeful that I will be okay tomorrow. Golf was a bit of a washout as the course was really wet so Kate & I decided to go for coffee instead. We did manage a game of tennis on Friday though along with Kelly & Bernice. Friday night saw us all round at Dorothy & Neil's for drinks and nibbles and Saturday night we all gathered again but this time we were round at Tamsin & Shaun's for drinks and a potluck supper. On Sunday, I had Tamsin's two kids (Jordyn & Aimee) round to play with Tom & Lily, they all had a great time playing dress up, baking cakes and lego-ing. When it came to decorating the cakes they went to town and really overloaded them with sugar sprinkles, jelly beans and mini marshmallows - less is more is definitely not a recognised phrase among 5-8 year olds.

This morning it was very cold but beautiful, and it is expected to get even colder later in the week with an overnight low of -5C (25F) predicted, so we have laid out some of Lily's toy kitchen pots and pans with water so they can play with the ice in the morning before heading off to school. This seems to be a fun thing to do, unfortunately I don't have any food colouring to colour the water for them. Right, Tom & I are off up the YMCA for a bit of keep fit, so more later.