Ahhhh Sunday. Another lie-in. Last nights dream was me working in a zoo but I'm not sure there were any animals in it. There was definitely a Greenhouse and some fish and lots of plants and a beach. Ummmmmm.
I promised the family pancakes so when I finally emerged from the shower, ingredients were being put together ready for me to make them. Huffle prepared fruit, Small set the table and brought out condiments (except the one thing I like which is maple syrup), Smallest mixed and helped to flip. They were yummy but we had loads left over today. That'll feed the chimps for the rest of the week.
It was such a beautiful day today with temperatures feeling like -3* but very sunny. The sun shining through the window onto the kitchen table made us all want to get outside and do something. We opted for a walk and decided on one we haven't done as a family before. Moo and I have done it a couple of years ago and bumped into so much wildlife that we thought it might be a nice one for today.
The boys practiced piano before we went out. Small is doing 'my favourite things' and it is quite complicated and very long. He only has a week to perfect it so I suggested that he take some of it out and simplify it a bit. I covered his page with post-it notes where I felt he could leave bits out without it sounding wrong and after a bit of playing and messing around, between us we got a good tune (I think. We'll see what MrsPiano thinks).
We started our walk around 12 midday and thought we had with us a bag with a small lunch and drinks in it in case we walked for longer as we were nowhere near any facilities. Although we packed a bag, we forgot it and left it at home. We had also packed some bird seed to feed the chickadees.
Our walk took us along the lake on a new hard surface, across a road filled with paparazzi (well nature photographers but we pretended we were celebrities) and very slow moving vehicles watching the deer in the field. We passed into a forested part near the lake and picked up a bit of feed from one of the bird tables (very naughty but very necessary ; ), and then stood and fed the chickadees and nut hatches.
The chickadees just scratch at your hand and almost dance lightly whilst simultaneously pecking the seed. The Nut hatches with their long thin beaks pick up the seed and clasp their claws around your fingers. Amazing. The boys absolutely love feeding them and we had so many around us. Huffle likes to just watch us.
We wandered to the viewing points where people take photos of the raptors but it was just a mud hole and filled with geese, popped briefly onto the beach (too cold) and walked back to the road and laughed at all the silly people who sit in their cars and drive really slowly without looking at the road because they are too busy watching the deer and the birds. Hey, here's an idea, why don't you get out of your cars and walk, get some fresh air and stop polluting the environment with your engines!! I don't get it! They love their exercise here but wouldn't think of walking from one point to another. And what a perfect day for walking too. Crazy!!!
We fed some more birds and then attempted to walk through the forest but the wind was getting quite chilly and my hat was in the lunch bag at home so we turned and came back. Still more slow moving cars, lots of paparazzi taking photos of big birds high in the sky. When I asked what they were one of the men said "we don't know". Oh that's nice.
We walked or a couple of hours in all and about 6km. Back home (around 3pm ish) we ate our packed lunch and Huffle Skyped Grandma and Grandad. Then we watched I'm a Celebrity LIVE. So pleased Scarlett won. Love Joel but Scarlett was the Queen of the Jungle definitely. Don't know what we will watch now, though can't wait for the Wednesday viewing of What they did when they got out. My favourite bit.
While we were watching I cooked Pork Loin and Jacket Potatoes and we had dinner later. Small had his shower, Smallest had a nice soak in the bath (the only person I know who can have a bath and come out with stinky feet!) and then the boys watched the weekends' football goals.
We had a weather warning yesterday saying we were going to get 15-20cm of snow. Then earlier in the day saying we were getting 5-10cm and now it's just saying it is going to be quite cold and we may have 5cm but no accumulation (is that possible?). At the moment it is -1* with feels like -5* temperatures.
What a lovely weekend.
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