Smallest's eyes were much better this morning, a little puffy but I didn't give him any medicine at bedtime nor this morning and when he came home from school, they looked normal. The boys went off to school, Small ready for his Track and Field and hoping for a place on one of the five things he entered. Huffle stayed here and worked from home whilst intermittently removing grass from the front garden at lunch / evening. I had a leisurely breakfast, watched The Big Allotment Challenge (not seen the final yet so please don't mention the result) and then went off to knitting.
There weren't many of us there today and it managed to knit two rows and undo ten. Not very productive then today. Suffolk and I went for lunch at a Vegan/Vegetarian/Organic cafe. Now we realise why not many Canadians are vegetarian. We ordered soup which was Tomato and Lentil. It was tasteless, watery and the tomatoes came from a tin. What was at the bottom of the soup looked like soil (it wasn't but it didn't look appetising! Half way through my soup I looked at Suffolk and said "I'm going to need a piece of cake after this!" She agreed and said she had already thought our next stop was tea and cake somewhere else...... And that is exactly what we did. We had a lovely piece of cake and a hot drink.
Then we went to the quilting shop to buy Suffolk's next two fabrics for her lovely quilt she is making. I saw a 'Sassy Apron' pattern and decided I would make one when we have enough time to look at more material. I came home and prepared dinner for later. The boys came home. Small had not done very well in his chosen Track and Field events and was a little upset. He did get two Enthusiasm ribbons though (not everyone gets them just the people who haven't placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd and who tried very hard). Bless him. I blame the school. They give them one, or two at the most, weeks to find an event they are good at. Tell them they are good at something and make hem believe it and then practice. In my opinion they don't practice enough. One day they were practicing relay (they call it Baton racing here) and they only had one Baton, so they sent the kids to find sticks. I don't think the teachers take it seriously - Pah they would if it was hockey!!!! Smallest wasn't happy because he wasn't allowed to join in or even watch - too small, they might get hurt! Smallest has gone up a level in reading. He is now th best reader on his class and he had great delight in telling the boys who used to be the best. Ha ah that's funny!
Off to swimming we went (Huffle had to stay behind and do work, so we left him with the prepared dinner). Smallest used his goggles today and he got on much better. He learnt how to do a 'feet first surface dive'. Small didn't mess around today and enjoyed his lesson. I took my knitting and finished my square and then undid part of it and then finished it again!
Small with his ribbons.
Smallest is all a blur diving and jumping and playing on the IPad.
Huffle edit - rumour has it that grandad was seen dancing in the crowd with Charlie fox at the leicestershire v Derbyshire 20/20 cricket. For those who don't know Charlie fox is the mascot. Silly grandad and his beer, and no doubt some very silly dancing with those dodgy knees
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