Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Home again

Back from the mansion as of yesterday. I must say, I didn't realise the weather was so miserable when we stayed there, must be the central heating and massive fireplaces. Or maybe today was actually worse, freezing and grey the entire day.

Ho hum.

But we had a lovely time as usual.



We....

tried rollerblades for the first time....


tooled around on the world's most impressive tricycle...


watched movies of ourselves doing the above activities...


bounced...


a lot...


gathered (and ate) many oranges...



visited the museum...


hung out in the tents, in the 'playroom that is bigger than our house'....


made s'mores, thanks to the massive open fireplaces...


made pizzas, using the pizza machine...


and did some impressive cookie decorating



As well as caring for the dogs, which the boys enjoyed, although Mum was definitely on poop-scooping duty.

Much time spent walking dogs and riding bikes.

Had a couple of play dates, who were suitable impressed with our digs.

Made it snow by tipping torn up paper towels over the dining space from the second level.

And my youngest magpie spent a long time gathering bits and pieces from all corners of the mansion to keep in his tent. Including the eyepiece from my beloved camera. Which I only noticed missing when I discovered it as I emptied out the tent and attempted to relocate everything back to it's correct position the day before we left.



Phew.



Friday, July 8, 2011

Ouch


My hubby has a few friends round tonight and one of them quietly told me that his girlfriend is 12 weeks pregnant. He told me privately, before the others arrived and that was such a thoughtful thing for him to do.

I congratulated him, then cried on his shoulder for a minute. I didn't realise it would hurt so much to hear that someone in our circle is pregnant.

I am very happy for them, and yet it makes me cry, knowing that they're expecting a baby.




Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Thermomix heaven, anyone?


What's better than one thermomix?

Two, of course!

Oh yeah, looooove staying at the mansion!



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