I decided today to get all the chores done and out of the way before lunch. This was made easier by Boo not making any fuss and while I hoovered through she followed behind me with a mob and bucket :D I must say it is nice to finally be able to see and hoover the floor in the study (up until now the pit of despair!).
We ate lunch and I gave Joel a game of pool - I won - he potted the black and then Belle asked if we could go to the brook. The sun was shining. The washing was on the line and everyone was awake. I could see no reason why not and it was sufficiently late in the day to make it possible that Paul might meet us down there when he got home from work. By the time everyone got dressed (I know, but it is summer hols!!) and organised themselves (involving swimmers, changes of clothes and body boards!) a little more time had passed, but it remained a beautiful afternoon, so off we trotted…
Paul met us about half way there and the younger ones were thrilled to have him join us. We then spent a great hour or so playing around down there. For lack of a beach this is about as good as it gets :D. It’s safe enough for even NJ to play in - if he were willing brave the cold. Admittedly there are bits with slightly faster currents, but not dangerous and the little ones did not venture into them anyway. The body-boards are great for the little ones to ride on, pulled along by the bigguns. Totally good fun :D It even had Boo and JI saying “I’m so glad we moved here. We didn’t want to, but I’m so glad we did!”
It’s just a shame that there weren’t any other children down the re. I have been reliably informed that it is usually teeming with kids on a nice sunny day, but none of the times we have been down has there been any others :( Sometimes there are some kids in the park, but mine are not so enamoured with the park - there is nothing there really much except for a few swings and a big field. I hope the big two will begin to make some friends with village kids soon, but getting them to go down to the park ‘just to see’ is a bit of an issue, especially as neither of them is that keen on footy anymore :(
They came home and chilled in front of the TV for a bit, while I uploaded the photos and Paul cooked tea (and read his paper). Chores were done and now it’s 9.30 - the kids are all in bed and the house is clean and tidy - wooo hooo! That doesn’t happen too often believe me!
4 comments:
What a perfect day : ) We used to love playing in the creek when we were little! I should try to find one around here for Kaish to play in : ). We went to the lake the other night and that was fun!
looks like great fun in the river.
Looks like a great way to spend the afternoon !!
Shannah LOVES the action shots of Els :-)
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