A day of 2 halves….
This morning was a lazy sort of affair really. Bit of housework snuck in but not much, bit of learning sneaked passed her in the shape of Class TV on BBV2 so she now knows a bit about Henry’s last wife and a bit more about microbes, quite a bit of cuddling got done too. And then there was a bath! It was deep, it was nearly as deep again in froth and she lounged in it for 1 chapter of Family under the bridge, The king of capri, 5 or 6 “picture books” and our day’s Jesse Tree reading before deciding it was too cold to stay in any longer (stone cold….) then she dived (still damp) under my duvet for a bit.
All very cuddly cozy and wonderful.
Then Daddy got home on half a day’s leave and she decided she’d better get dressed after all! Off we headed for Cheshire Oaks for some Family Therapy (retail style) Lunch was McD’s, Tim got a re-furbed phone to “tide him over for 12 months til” until the one he really wants comes a bit cheaper and also 2 pairs of nice new shoes to replace the numerous totally worn out pairs. I got a pair of soft boots for £10 that are all leather and so comfortable I didn’t want to take them off to pay for them. Becca got some books adn some craft goodies. Then we went in the Cadbury shop….. oh dear…. 2 carrier bags full of very naughty but nice snax for very little money but I suspect it will cost me a fortune in bigger clothes if I’m not careful 
Then we had tea at Pizza Hut adn home.
Bedtime Stories were How the Grinch stole Christmas (which she loved!!!) and 3 more from Lion Storyteller Christmas. Currently I’m number 1 story reader for bedtime as Tim is very Bah Humbug about reading Christmas stories, even “secular” ones.
Oh, and I also sneaked in grid-referencing at teatime as there was a puzzle in the kiddie pack at PH that had a sectioned off picture and you had to find the grid ref of several little bits they had at the bottom. She got it remarkably fast….. so, 6 figure grid references next week then? 
