Occasionally weekends happen like this...you don't have outrageous expectations or huge plans but everything falls nicely into place with little stress and everyone has a good time.
Friday evening Ian and I had decided to pop out for a meal without the children, it seemed like it had been a very long time since we'd done that so first we met a couple of Ian's colleagues for a Friday Sundowner and then we headed to our local hotel that has two great restaurants, one is a lovely rooftop terrace and the other a basement Mongolian Wok. We chose the latter, picked out our ingredients and munched our way through some lovely dishes all cooked before our eyes. Ian was very hungry "I'll bet this is quite healthy food really" he says. "Hmmm, yes I suppose it is, I answered, as long as you don't have more than four platefuls!"
Saturday morning, Ellie had her dance class and Luke bombed around the soft play area while Dad waited patiently for them both and Mum had a little retail therapy. In the afternoon they had splash time in the pool and I stupidly decided to try to reunite all the 'bits of abandoned toys' in the playroom with their original box buddies...yep I regretted it after about the first painful 5 minutes but the job got done eventually.
On Saturday evening I headed out for a 'girly' evening and Ian for a 'lads' night. Mine involved a birthday girl, a cocktail or two, a lovely meal in lovely company and a fleeting visit to a 'Club'! I know, I know...not normally my style, it was always my trick to duck out of any visits to Rio's that were in the off-ing but it was a great people watching place. Ian's involved beer, beer and another couple of beers for the road. We were sharing a driver and our babysitter likes to leave by midnight, so it was me who had to duck out and return home early (ish).
So who do you think had the hangover on Sunday? I left Ian for an hour or so to mend his head then let the children loose on it as I went rooting about in the freezer for some beef...I'd had an urge for a Sunday Roast with the works for some time and set to work. I even made Yorkshire Puddings...quite a feat for me especially as I'm an Aunt Bessie fan in that department! I had skirted doing anything like this for a while because, although we are very lucky to have an oven (many people don't) it is a fierce monster that heats from the bottom, the temperature seems to vary from day to day and as it is fuelled by bottled gas I'm scared it'll run out right in the middle of everything. It didn't though thank goodness and we all enjoyed our meal with lashings of gravy (thanks Margaret x!)
We rounded off the day by falling asleep on the sofa...nothing new there!!
So, how was your weekend?
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