Busy Weekend

Ready for trick or treating

Saturday started with Tom playing football - just a practise this morning.  I headed off to Settle to deliver a cake and got back just in time to watch him for the last half hour.  He is definately progressing.  He gets stuck into the mob now and will tackle, but he still waits for the ball to come to his area before he gets involved.  He is certainly getting it though and as a team they are getting better and better.

Once Tom had had a shower (he was covered in mud) we decided to head down to the Falls Cafe for lunch.  Matt then did the Waterfalls walk, whilst Tom and I headed back for a quiet afternoon and yet another Thomas film.  Tom then got changed into his Halloween gear (bones t-shirt, witch's cape, wizard's hat and pumpkin bucket and torch) and we headed to Bella's for some face painting before going to the pub and being sent on our way around the village.  Tom was straight into it this time and got quite a good haul of sweeties.  Bella too.  We then headed back to the pub for our pies and peas supper.  It wasn't as well organised as last time, meaning there were no tables for us to sit down on.  Luckily, it was quite mild and we were pretty comfortable sat outside and the children were more than happy running around on the grass so all was not lost - except some customer loyalty - there were plenty of grumbles around! We ended up having a good night and took a sleepy boy home for bed.

Wizard and witch(es)

Sunday, it was miserable again so we headed to Hornby to go swimming.  Tom was ace again - he did 10 lengths and lots and lots of diving to the bottom of the pool to collect sinkers.  We all had a great morning playing in the water.

We went to the tea rooms in Wray for lunch before heading back home to get dinner ready as the Ellershaws were coming round for roast.  I did the full works and was pretty pleased with the results - best ever roast potatoes.  The girls and Tom played beautifully together and everyone ate up very very well.  Rich being Rich came with beer - not just a couple of beers but a good 12-14 beers, so we ended up having a tasting session.  Dark evening, roast dinner and plenty of beer with well behaved children - what isn't to like?  Think it was almost 8pm before they left (and on a school night too!)  Another good day.