Bank Holidays

Snow

Snow and rain and some more snow...

Had a fun old weekend, never quite sure what the weather had in store - one minute great big dollops of icey hail, the next sunshine and today, finally, a great big flurry of proper snow! We went for a yomp in the park with friends and their children and marched along the muddy path, throwing the ball for the dog whilst the boys shot each other with twigs. We decided to go the long way round building up an appetite for lunch in a pub and got caught up in real, proper and fabulous snow. It did not stick, but my I felt brilliant - a two hour walk in the cold - it was marvellous.

Fell into a pub with our friends whilst Jeffers took the boys and Ollie home to get some clean clothes on. I was just ordering when in they came - Alfie dressed to impress in a tie and school blazer. He announced that as he was going to be eating out he really should dress up. He is such a chap - I am going to have to buy him a proper jacket and tie for these occassions when he needs to look his best. He and Ollie also went to the bar to order their own lemonades and Alf ensured that he had done his jacket button up. I wish you could have seen their faces - they were so delighted to be grown up enough to order their own drinks. They were apologetic that they could not order for us as they were not allowed to be served alcohol!

Had Susie, Simon and little Ben here for lunch yesterday and I managed a 2 hour cuddle with Ben! It was wonderful...