fab weekend!
Saturday morning saw us all emerging from bed a little later than I’d planned (hey ho!), having a quick breakfast and throwing random items into a bag (very random for the smallest member of the family, marginally less random for the oldest!) adn setting off for a visit Off The Path. I’d planned on getting there between 10 and 11, so naturally we got there at 20 past 11 
due to trafic being a bit clogged here and there and Holme Moss being in the clouds which made driving a little entertaining. Aprilia evapourated, along with 2 other small girls, the moment the car was stationary and the grown ups got on with the serious business of socialisation (I am qutie sure that it is parents who require regular contact with others to maintain our social skills, not the kids!) As blogged elsewhere, Aprilia spent the afternoon with M whilst C was at Brownie Revels and the evening with C at XCite. Duke spent most of the time with Jonathan talking Linux and trying to do technical things with Duke’s PC (did I mention that very random things were packed?) whilst stroking one or other of the cats (funny, our cat totally ignores him but those pair seem very fond of being on his lap!)
Eventually all small children fell asleep after a long drawn out discussion about how to sleep 3 small-ish girls in a bunkbed with a single on the top and a double-sized bed underneath. It appears it was "M’s turn" to sleep with Aprilia last time and thus "C’s trun" this time even though M didn’t want to sleep on the top bunk because that’s not her bed (fair enough) Sigh. Eventually they compromised and all slept on the bottom bunk!
Sunday started earlier than I’d planned, it was sunny and Duke was snore-y so I wandered downstairs to browse books. After church, Jan retrievd Duke who had continued the playing with the PC in our absence, and we adjourned to the park for a lovely afternoon. It was dry although ridiculously cold, especially when you consider that only 7 days previously I’d spent the day reminding marshals to keep drinking enough water and to slap on more "factor duffelcoat" to avoid sunburn. Aprilia came 3rd in the 7 and under egg and spoon race and has the medal to proove it. There was much running about for small people and less for the big people. I have some pics on the camera which will get Flickred at some point I’m sure (the other Flickr account, not the TBrid one!)
All good thngs come to an end eventually and, much as Aprilia was desperately trying not to look it, all the girls were tired out so rather than risk spoiling a good weekend by going back to house for more running about and potentially overtiredness induced tantrums, we bribed her with the promise of a McDonalds on teh way home and headed off. The cat didn’t know whether to demand fuss from us or leg it outside to make up for not being out for a couple of days and in the end got herself accidentally shut into Aprilia’s room at bedtime as we hadn’t noticed her in there!
So, all in all, a lovely weekend, thanks again to Jan and Jonathan.
