Monday, April 16, 2012

Last Day of Holidays

Today was my last day of leave, which will bring to a close eleven very enjoyable days away from work and with the family. Not sure I want to know what awaits me when I get up tomorrow morning.

Helen was at work at the KGC today, but when Joey started barking at 6.05am I was still close enough to being awake anyway, so I got up and watched the last hour of the first day's play from the 2nd Test in the Windies. Aussies struggling a little at 5/208, but the wicket is already a landmine, and we don't have to bat last. If we can get to 300 it might be a winning total with two spinners in the line up.

The kids woke up gradually, and I put them through their usual Monday morning routine to get them ready. As I needed to get milk, bread and potatoes (for tonight's dinner) we went for a bike/scooter ride down to Terry Street shops, which got the kids (and their dad) out of the house.

As promised yesterday, the rest of the day was Xbox 360 day, and we spent four hours playing sports against each other, which was fun. Jess did not enjoy losing at tennis to Maddi, and Maddi did not enjoy losing at tennis to Josh! Josh had an unusually bad day at golf (he usually plays much better) which he didn't enjoy. Overall though, everyone had fun.

A couple of album reviews today. They will be posted following this.

Baked dinner tonight - lamb roast with potatoes and carrots with gravy (Dad forgot to buy peas at the shops...). Josh against refused to eat, so I employed a new tactic tonight, sending him to the corner and not to come out until he was ready to eat his dinner. 25 minutes later he had a go, tried some potato and meat, and that was enough to appease us slightly. We'll keep trying.

More of The West Wing tonight. Moving into Season 5. It is still fascinating and remarkably enjoyable. One of the great American series.

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