just another morning here

We have had a varied day. Josiah’s been with Becca, who looked after him so that I could be free to be a juror if necessary. In fact I didn’t have to; instead I spent my day helping out with walking Anna’s school year group to the local High School for a day of sports and science, and then at work with Steve.

Anna had a great time at St. Luke’s, but apparently it hasn’t convinced her to go. Abbie had a good day at school too, and Joe had a fab time with Becca, doing a model kit that he got for his birthday as well as a trip to the park with his scooter in tow.

We were going to go to the Exeter Festival opening night but as it was raining heavily (on and off) we shelved that idea and went to Wagamama instead – Josiah has been wanting to go for ages – well, since it opened last year. Had a fab meal there and then came home to watch Stormbreaker, Joe’s birthday dvd.

The bad news is that my ibook’s screen seems to be dying. It’s been a bit dodgy for a while (someone bashed the back of it rather hard once and it’s never been the same since) but now it’s even worse and I can only use it when it’s open at a 45 degree angle, which makes life a little difficult. Not quite sure what to do about it either

And parcels arriving on the right day! Steve and I were worried that our present for Joe wasn’t going to get here but then it did

He’s had a lovely day, lots of presents this morning so a big thank you to everyone who got them to us in various ways (more photos on flickr). Have made time for lots of lego play between activities today

We went to Crealy and he spent a happy few hours racing around with another little home ed friend, then I treated him to lunch.

When we got home his parcel was here and he was really happy with a grown up scooter of his own, and went down the road on it to meet the girls from school.

We’re off out now to swimming and then taking Gizmo to the vet, so he’s having to come to the pool with us as well – should provide some extra changing room amusement! Steve’s dashing home to get Anna to ballet on time, and eventually we’ll all end up at home together later on.

We knew that Em was planning a Very Hungry Caterpillar party for Robyn, so when we spotted a caterpillar costume in town it was the perfect birthday present for her, along with a hungry caterpillar colouring book. The party was fab too More photos here if anyone’s interested.

Raided Steve’s camera for a few last photos, I promise this is it now.
A few more from Easter Sunday:

And then some from when we gave Caleb and Elodie their birthday pressies. Their birthdays are both in May so we’d been organised, and then decided we’d like to see them open them – so glad we did as the presents went down really well and they both spent the whole day in their dressing up clothes