Chilly

Thomas and James were out breaking Ice in the puddles after another too-early start. The whole family were going to Ireland on Friday but now son in law is going alone as his parents have too much on to have the chaos. His Grannis very fragile so his mum is staying with her, and now his uncle has died. His dad is very upset so he is travelling over on his own. I expect we’ll have to help daughter with the boys.

Meanwhile #3 daughter is still ill with flu. She finally got time in bed yesterday. Today we got the children. Her sister in law drove her to get the keys of the rented property and sign stuff - she is too week to drive herself. On the up side, the children have played so well together. Lots of imaginary play, quite amusing. “Nathaniel, you are the Daddy and we are going to hospital to get our baby”. “No Mummy, you go, I’m going swimming”: “we can both swim Daddy - we need to get someone to mind the baby”. “That’s a good idea, we’ll get the neighbours to keep the baby”. And so on.

Ella read the bed-time story to me. Miss Jump the Jockey. They are both asleep. Mr C has decided that “The Right Stuff” is a Christmas film. Mmmmh.