Winter Wonderland

So the snow is still here, the coldest spell I can remember, we are definitely going to have a White Christmas as it is forecasted to drop down to -18 tonight! Good icicles don't you think?

We've had a good week, on Monday I took Tom swimming with Rachel and Mae at their club. Didn't go too well, Tom pretty much grizzled through the afternoon - he was wearing his wet suit so was nice and toasty, just not enjoying the water (now we have finished Waterbabies we really should make the effort to take him swimming regularly or all the good work will vanish). The evening saw us at Shifnal Cottage, the new Indian Restaurant set up by Abdul of East End Balti. We turned up at 5.30 with Tom. He was as good as gold, in fact he ate us out of house and home. He loved the Chicken Tikka Masala and gobbled up a whole plate of rice with it. Infact, I had trouble eating my dinner as he was demanding help putting his rice on his spoon! Good to see him with a good appetite.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Tom was in nursery as usual and I prepared for Christmas, did the big shop and tried to get some cooking and cleaning done.

Thursday we met up with Sammie, Jen and Sophie at Jungleland as usual so the kids could run off some energy - Tom was really lovely, quite content to play by himself, and very happy. By the time he woke up Grannie and Grandpa had arrived. Surprisingly he woke up in a good mood, wasn't shy at all and got straight into playing and showing off. In fact he was a joy all day, in such a good mood. Unfortunately he spoilt it in the evening as he refused his dinner which was a shame, so he went to bed hungry. Sammie, surprised us at 5.00, she came round with a sledge for Tom. I had told her that we were unable to find one, somehow she found one, bought it and then delivered it, refusing to take any money for it - how kind.

Friday we took the opportunity to try out the sledge. Ma

tt, Bob and I enjoyed it a lot, but Tom wasn't that keen. We managed to get him on it and he liked sliding down, but very much hated any walking / standing on snow, which meant he had to have lots of hugs and we had to carry him everywhere. Lunchtime found us in 'our club' at The Shropshire. Tom cheered up, had a good lunch and entertained us and others. He seemed more confident outside, so we tried sledging again - he was more receptive, but unfortunately there was a lot of powdered snow, which meant he got sprayed in it, which didn't go down at all well, (not even watching Grandpa fall off the sledge into the snow cheered him up) so we brought him home to bed.