Last Saturday there was a market on outside the Community House in Raglan so we wandered along to that. I bought Ember a couple of 'My Little Ponies' from a girl selling her old toys to buy a scooter, and a couple of second hand books. I bumped into Amber (not literally, although she has a fairly sizeable bump now!) who was having some 'me' time without the boys. It was Shea's birthday on the 2nd December and they had a party for him last Sunday (he's 6). Amber's mum and dad (Lorraine and Stewart) came down too, and I've known them for as long as I can remember so it was lovely to catch up with them.
We invited Amber, Nick, the boys and Lorraine and Stewart over on Saturday afternoon, and Si and Nick had a bit of a chess tournament. Si's a bit out of practice but looking forward to having a more regular opponent I think! Lorraine and Stew turned up a bit later, and we had a really nice wee gathering. They all headed off about 7, so that the smallest ones could have dinner and bed before they got too horrendous.
Ember and I went to Shea's party at Nick's mum's house on Sunday lunchtime. Si was busy doing some more work on his doorway - we've knocked out a section of the wall between the lounge and the kitchen so Si could put up this doorway he's had for ages. It's very impressive, I'll post photos soon (I know I keep saying that, but our camera still isn't working!). I hadn't been to a 'little boy' party before and although there weren't many of them, they were certainly noisy! Nick's older boys were there too (they are in their teens), and they added to it as well. Em handled it all in her normal laid-back fashion and was having a fab time until she managed to slip and bang her chin on the table, biting her tongue in the process. It must have given her a headache or something as she was grumpy and clingy for the rest of the afternoon once we got home.
I managed to walk everywhere over the weekend which was nice, and I'm glad I did as the weather has been so horrendous for the last week that I've hardly been outside. I feel sorry for daycare in this weather!
We've had a pretty normal week, Em was with Pen and co on Tuesday as Si had a meeting, and she had a great time as usual. This weekend I'm doing a workshop with Rena Owen which is very exciting, and I've taken Monday and Tuesday off to spend with Ember so I don't miss out. Then it's not long until we finish for Xmas - I finish on the 18th and come back on the 5th January, so a good stretch of Ember time will be had!
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