Yearly Hobbit Viewing

It seems very strange to us here in the North Pole (oh okay, not quite) that we have no snow and our homeland has plenty. Friends are making snowmen and sledging and we are walking in the 6* (that's a bit warmer Mrs Rumbleskins) sunshine. Keep warm Brits.

Smallest came in to us at 1am ish after a nightmare about people banging on our doors and trying to steal our things. His breath smelled awful (he is obviously suffering with his throat) and we tried to help him think of nice things. Eventually he went back to his own bed and we finally got back to sleep.

By the time we got up, Moo had already showered, emptied and refilled the dishwasher and was setting the table for breakfast. (It's good to have hired help - she also sorted out all the washing and drying this morning). After breakfast Moo, Smallest and I perfected the loom bands triple single bracelets (oh yes experts now), the boys played on the Wii U and Huffle Skyped Grandma and Aunt Pear.

We had a lovely dinner out in Uxbridge at the Tin Mill.

We got to sit by the fire.

The boys had Burgers, Huffle had Herbed Chicken Panini and Soup and Moo and I had Roasted Root Vegetable Pot Pie and Salad. Ummmm ummm. We don't normally have pudding but today we decided (well I probably decided) we would have pudding so we chose three between the five of us. I forgot to take a photo of the delicious things we chose but I did take one of the finished plates.

Triple Choclate Torte. Butterscotch Tart with a Graham Cracker Crust. Ginger and Molasses with a Lime Mousse topping. OH MY GOODNESS, they were heavenly.

Small finished his elastic band ball and we all started a new game of dice bowling (good but complicated scoring)

As time was getting on (we had a late lunchtime dinner) we dropped Moo and Smallest off at home and Huffle, Small and I carried on to the IMAX cinema to watch The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. We had huge 3D glasses to wear and the sound was incredible. We were having trouble with our glasses in that one side didn't look very clear. In fact if you closed your left eye, the picture was very dark. Apparently someone in the audience complained. We know that because ten minutes in, the film was paused, two members of staff came in and told us the film needed to be rebooted and a small voice shouted IT WAS MY DAD THAT COMPLAINED.

The film was re-started and looked much better. I personally didn't like the way it was filmed. I felt it was like a documentary style. It was very clever, the sound was amazing and the 3Dness was great. At times I felt like we were in the film but it was partly spoiled for me by the way it was shot. We can't wait to see what it is like on DVD in our own home. Everyone enjoyed it nonetheless and we are sorry that it is the end of the Hobbit films as it has been a nice tradition at Christmas time. There was a trailer for a film called Jupiter Ascending which looked very good.

Back home, Moo was jigsawing with Smallest after watching the film Turbo. The boys watched TV whilst Moo and I started a new jigsaw after finishing the previous one.

2 pieces missing!

 

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