How are you in a formal way?

Today was an 'in day' as it snowed and snowed and snowed. Only small piddly little flakes but it did accumulate throughout the whole day. Only Small went out and played in it. Flumping around like an excitable puppy, throwing snowballs at the big icicle on the barn until it fell off.

Here it is, do you like it? That was only half of the icicle, as the other half is still up there

We played many games of Guess Who, mainly with Smallest who giggles all the way through. Huffle watched Stoke lose and come out of the Cup - shame. We all played Ticket to Ride in which Smallest came 2nd, not bad for a six year old.

The boys have been particularly annoying today. While Huffle and I attempted to play two games of Table Tennis (one of which I won 21-11), one of the boys had a dryer hose attached to his nose pretending to be an elephant and the other banged on empty plastic shoeboxes with plastic pipes as drumsticks. We ran away and locked ourselves in the loft but they found us and let themselves in.

We had a Skype call with Grandma and Grandad, watched part of another Harry Potter film, because Small finished the book today, and in between making a Roast Dinner which was scrumptious.

I started my online French Language course yesterday and have learnt a few new words considering I learnt French in school. The narrator says things like "now say How are you sir in a formal way", "this literally means......" She is a bit annoying but its good. There is also a Pirate language you can learn and Smallest and I had a go. We learnt how to say "shiver me timbers" instead of Holy Cow and "me ship be founderin" which means "My ship is sinking". Well you never know when you might need it!

Huffle was worried about the woodpecker today as he sat on the bird feeder for ages just staring at it, not eating, not moving just sitting. Ww watched him for ages and then he suddenly started eating and flew away. I thought he might be a young bird and just got a bit sidetracked and was thinking. While we were watching the woodpecker another bird came along that had a funny way of moving the snow with his belly. We couldn't find out what he was but he was lovely. Small, black with a white tummy (top right photo).

It is still snowing and the roads are covered. We are forecast snow all through the night and through most of tomorrow. Tuesday is supposed to be -20 (without windchill). Brrrrr.

 

 

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