Another Quiet Weekend

This weekend was quiet as well - something to do with very active weeks meaning Tom zonks out on a Saturday afternoon and with Matt playing cricket on a Saturday it means I get some free (cake making) time.

Hanging around

Tom had a very active week.  Monday I dragged him round a very soggy Kendal getting all his things for school.   He spent Tuesday doing Enjoy-a-Ball with Paul for 6 hours.  He did it last week as I needed childcare to get a wedding cake finished.  I felt quite guilty taking him as he didn't know anyone (except Paul).  He had to take his own packed lunch - a new experience (very exciting apparently) and make new friends etc.  He loved it!!!  He enjoyed himself so much that he asked to go back this week - so I had to get on the phone to Paul and arrange for him.  It meant that I got a free day - meaning that I could take longer over this week's birthday cake - a knitting and sewing themed cake which looked quite good in the end.

And again...

Wednesday and Thursday mornings he spent at nursery and afternoons down in the pool with Sam and Ben from next door.  Friday morning was swimming lessons followed by a picnic in the park with a couple of his classmates which went really well.

Then it was Saturday - phew!!!!  He spent the morning with Matt in Settle looking at trains, getting his hair cut etc whilst I attacked the house - it has been getting messier and messier to the point it was getting us all down, so I shooed the boys out whilst I scrubbed it from head to toe.  I got upstairs done in the morning and the lounge whilst Tom was asleep in the afternoon.  We then headed down to the cricket ground to watch Matt play cricket.  Sam and Ben were there as well as Tom (their Dad) was also playing.  They ended up running round and round the ground giggling!

On the train

Sunday we decided to head to an Ice-cream farm that Lindsey (Freya's Mum) told me about.  It is near a village called Grassington which is very 'Dalesy' so we headed over for a look and found some really interesting shops selling really nice, individual things for very reasonable prices.  We then headed to the Ice-Cream Farm and found a really good facility.  You pay £1 to use the play barns (full of huge wooden structures in the shape of various vehicles: tractor / bus / airplane etc etc) and then you have to eat and drink their food and drink which is fair enough.  Tom had a ball.

Gooning about on the bikes

We booked in for lunch (their restaurant is in the style of an American Diner) and had to wait 1.5 hours to be fitted in.  Needless to say we were STARVING by the time we got lunch, but we got a very good lunch - pulled pork sandwiches for Matt and me and Macaroni cheese for Tom with fries and homemade Boston beans which were absolutely delicious.  All finished off with some ice cream (of course you can't go to an ice cream farm and not try it!)

Tom had another play and then we headed home.  He fell asleep as is usual these days.  We spent the rest of the day wishing we hadn't had eaten so much for lunch and retired early to bed.