Sleepovers

It was a very busy Thursday with an early start cooking chilli, bolognese sauce and humus ahead of a visit from the grandchildren. We'd been to Furzey Gardens the day before and cooked on the motorhome for the girls enjoying a break between dance sessions and then had Joseph for a sleepover. Thursday was about Evie and Amelia and their sleepover.

We had Great Grandma over to lunch and got the children making toffee apples, first time I've tried them and in washing up I lost track of the time the sugar was boiling, so that it ended up burning. That meant having to start again but that was fine and the children enjoyed their treats. 

Jospeh had left by the time we lit the fire in the utility room but the rest of us had an evening of putting bits of wood on the stove, grooming Maisy and the cats, hunting spiders and putting jacket potatoes on for tea. The children all enoy a fire and seem to love the taste of the potatoes when done in the embers.

The next morning saw us out with Maisy and doing a litter pick too before taking the girls home after an enjoyable visit.

I hadn't tried to fit in any exercise on Thursday so I ran down to Morrisons, walked the threee miles back and then got on my mountain bike for a spin round Woodlands. The rain was minimal during that time, more a fine mist than rain but that changed as the day wore on and it was nice to light the wood burner again in the evening.