Mum and Dad came to visit us for a month. They left last Sunday and we miss them a lot. Poor wee Zac said tonight he wants to go to kindy tomorrow and for Grandad to take him. Not only is it too far for Grandad to come, it’s mid-term and there isn’t any kindy.
The Sunday that they arrived, the boys went camping the night prior with a thousand other kids down at a friends family farm. They absolutely loved it and another ‘Mainland’ Europe expedition is apparently being planned for next summer.
We had a great time with Mum & Dad here and although we didn’t do any exciting trips, it was still lovely getting into a ground hog day kind of routine but a nice one. Dad and I would take either Shay or Zac to school/kindy while Mum looked after Asher. Then at lunch time we would head off again to pick them up. We took turns loosing to Shay at snakes and ladders, the memory game or whatever else he chose while Zac had a sleep and then we’d head off to a park or something, Asher tagging along with us.
Shay has learnt to ride a bike with just the 2 wheels on it. We were at a friend’s house and I said ‘I didn’t know you could ride a bike’, he said ‘I didn’t know either’. Even better is that the friend is moving to Belgium and they’re not taking the bike so they’ve given it to us!
He is doing well at school too I think. He only goes for half days this term (due to his age) and then after Christmas is full time. He seems to enjoy it now and keeps telling me new names of friends he has. He loves PE and playing on the computer and is recognising quite a few words now. He’s incredibly tired though and definitely needs this mid-term break.
Zaccy has started at a new kindy and really loves it. He only goes three mornings a week but wants to go the other mornings too and tries to convince me that the door will be open. He doesn’t like it when I tell him that nobody will be inside though. The very first time they gave out a Star of the Day award, he got it. I was very proud.
Asher is not only smiling lots, he is now giggling too – usually at Shay. He rolls all over the place but often doesn’t like where he ends up. When Mum and Dad arrived he was smiling lots at them but by the time they left, was reaching out for toys and much easier to distract when a bit grizzly.
Haydn is fine as always. I am enjoying being a housewife (most of the time) but now that daylight savings has finished and the weather is getting colder, I’m sure that the 4 walls of this bijou house will really close in soon. Still, there’s Christmas to look forward to and then New Year in the Hague. Meanwhile the days are still quite nice but very autumnal as Zac would say. I love the big trees turning all the different autumn shades here although like the trees more when they have blossoms and new leaves on them…
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Tell Zac that I wish I was taking him to Kindy tomorrow too. And going to school with Shay. It’s not the same with Aaron and Lucas. They don’t pat dogs and wave to trains.
Better conversations with Aaron and Lucas though: “How was your day?” “Good” “What did you do?” “Nothing” “Anything interesting happen?” “No”
Great photos. It’s nice to have Mum and Dad back here though, and they even cooked me a nice roast dinner the other night. Dad’s back on duty today, picking up the boys after Aaron’s first Cambridge exam. We’ve managed to find a screen for his computer too.