We finally finished school work around 5pm on Friday - such a relief. Immediately I evicted all of Tom's school books, pens, pads etc etc from the kitchen, he was under strict orders not to do anything to do with school over the next week - that from me. We are both so sick of it. It felt a huge relief to get it all done. We celebrated with pizza from Elaine's - that has become a 'thing' now, every Friday we get pizzas from Elaine's. It means I don't have to cook and we are supporting a local business - win win all round.
Saturday and Sunday were atrocious weatherwise. It was freezing and very very windy - meaning if we went out we got numb from the cold almost immediately, the furthest we got was a quick walk around the village. We spent out time watching films (Oliver and Night at the Museum) and got to grips with one of our new board games - Mexican Train, a domino based game, which we played at the Fosters probably a year ago!
Monday we woke to sunshine and no wind - it was 10 degrees warmer as well. We got out for a walk as it was sunny and found a new one across to Bentham and back again through fields, but different fields to those we have walked before. We stopped off at Seasons to buy some pasties for lunch and then spent the afternoon playing Mexican Train and the boys did some more lego.
Tuesday, Tom wanted to give himself a challenge on his new bike, so the boys headed off to Tow Scar Lane above Edith's Wood - a steep, rubbly lane. I didn't want to do that (mainly because I'm not capable) so I went for a run instead. Managed to shave a whole 20 seconds off my fastest this year (unfortunately still very slow compared to times at the start of last year - something to do with extra weight, lack of exercise during Tom's isolations and inability to get out whilst home schooling!) The boys got home about 40 mins after me.
Wednesday, another dry warm day - yay! After morning chores (abstracts for Matt, curry paste to make for Tom and casserole to make for me) we headed out for a walk. Tom has been writing his thank you cards, one was for the Fosters who live in Cold Coates. We decided to hand deliver it today, so we set off down to the A65, then walked through the caravan park (new for Matt - Steph showed me the way last week) to Green Lane and across some fields to Cold Coates. We delivered the card, had a chat as the Fosters were in, then we set across more fields up to the Clapham Old Road, then up to Slatenber and Fell Lane.
Friday wasn't the nicest day, but we decided to head out for a walk anyway. We did the circular walk to Edith's Wood in the hope to see some deer. Matt also managed to find a slightly different path for some of it to add a bit of variety. It has got cold again, the wind was strong and cold. We didn't find any deer, but we did bump into some friends which is always good. We got home, had showers and lunch and decided to stay in for the rest of the day. We played Cluedo in the afternoon - I bought this for Tom because his powers of deduction are pretty weak. Needless to say, he struggled and really didn't have a clue. He didn't really enjoy it, but I think it will be good brain training for him, so I'll suggest it from time to time to try to help him think laterally. After that, he had a video call with Rebecca, so an hour of train chit chat, before some more lego, and then (of course) take away pizza from Elaine's - it was Friday after all!
Saturday was a really horrible day - it rained all day! Not to worry, we had a plan...Tom has been wanting to make apple strudel for a while. We very rarely eat pudding - mainly because we eat too much main course and are then unable to eat pudding on top. So, I decided that instead of lunch on Saturday we would have just pudding. Tom spent a happy morning making the strudel and very good it was too - a perfect balance of apples, cinnamon and citrus. We had very happy full bellies. We then watched a film - Tom's choice, he opted for Inside Out which is a film he watched at school for PD (Personal Development) I think it is quite sad, but he likes it. Once that was over, we did a quick lap of the village, came back, a bit of lego, tea (haggis sausages) and some rounds of Mexican train before bed. Once again, not a thrilling day, but nice and relaxing.
Sunday dawned beautiful - warm spring day, blue sky and sunshine. We enjoyed our last lie-in for sometime, then Tom and Matt did some lego whilst I prepared tea - ham hock and red cabbage stew from a new cookbook, then lunch. The afternoon was spent exercising: Tom and Matt on their bikes and me running. I did my usual 5km run (when I say run, I mean run and walk). I was determined to get under 40 mins today - especially as the conditions were so good (warm and no wind). I put my head down and made it: 39 mins and 34 seconds, I was very pleased with that. The boys decided to cycle up to Blea Moor - Tom has gelled well with his new bike, so much so that Matt says that he doesn't have to slow down or wait anywhere for him - they cycle at the same speed now. This is great - but what happens when Tom develops adult muscles? They were out for 3 hours, did 19 miles which included 1600ft of elevation! I couldn't do it. They came back tired but happy. Tom was straight in the bath for 2 hours! Once I had recovered from my run, I spent the afternoon doing some chocolate work - Easter is coming up and I need to have some new products ready for my website and for Gingerbugs website which are postable - eggs and bunnies won't do this year, unless the shops re-open.
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