- Sleeping in.
- Making pancakes for breakfast.
- Smiling at the children’s enthusiasm for maple syrup.
- Sipping tea.
- Reading {and loving} The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.
- Wearing comfy clothes for a day in front of my laptop.
- Packing Izzy off to a party.
- Hanging out in the playroom with Jesse.
- Writing.
- Eating French onion soup and bagels.
- Writing some more.
- Snuggling on the sofa in front of a film.
- Cooking and eating prawn linguine. I used a recipe from Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals which turned out to be simple and delicious. Jesse devoured two helpings as well, which is always a bonus.
- Bathing the children.
- Loving Jesse’s bubble beard.
- Writing. Again. Can you tell I’ve got a deadline?!
- Wrapping birthday presents.
- Watching Family Guy on the sofa with Mr.LA.
- Drifting off to sleep while listening to the radio.
- Letting the birthday boy stay in bed.
- Making Salmon and Dill Breakfast Muffins.
- Playing Altered Images. It’s tradition.
- Watching Mr. LA open his gifts. I had our Jeremy Marshall screenprint framed for him which he loved, and treated him to the entire series of Walking Dead comics.
- Wandering to Wagamamas for lunch.
- Enjoying the wintery sunshine.
- Being patient with Jesse. Testing behaviour, very testing.
- Browsing the home department in John Lewis.
- Buying sweets.
- Introducing the children to ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’. I loved this movie as a child. Jessica Rabbit was an early screen icon of mine 😉
- Preparing double potato and halloumi bake.
- Thinking about the first time I ever cooked for my Dad and his wife in my flat after leaving home at 17. I followed this very recipe and felt immensely proud of myself when it turned out OK.
- Mixing up my current favourite salad. Grated carrot, pear, red onion, white cabbage and rocket tossed in oil and red wine vinegar. So tasty and colourful.
- Toasting the birthday boy.
- Eating lots.
- Singing happy birthday. No cake, so we made do with a packet of Percy Pigs and an expertly placed candle.
- Thinking about this time last year.
- Putting the children to bed
- Trying not to worry about how much work I have to do this week.
- Looking forward to tomorrow.
Love Audrey xxx
For some reason your blog had stopped updating in my google reader, which is annoying! Anyway, pancakes! or as my mother used to call them ‘drop scones’, a school day was always a good day when it started with drop scones!
Izzys face with that chopstick, cant work out if it is annoyance or determination or both! Happy Birthday to Carl!
Happy Anniversary! Happy Belated Birthday Carl!
Well done on the being patient front, I’ve mostly been very impatient.
I do love these posts 🙂 hope Carl had a good birthday weekend xx