The boys were jittery in school today, silly with the excitement of going to the shops later to spend their ₤10. As soon as lunch was over, they were ready to go. We went first to Jack’s, then Queen Mary’s, then Warren’s and Y&T, not finding anything worth spending money on. It’s a real shame when you have money and can’t spend it! After Y&T there were no more shops to look in for toys, so we stood on the steps discussing our options, knowing that the boys wouldn’t be satisfied to save the money, and eventually we decided to look at the book shops in the market, for another Beano annual or something, which keeps them occupied for hours. We eventually found a very nice “Wallace & Grommit” book in a comic style – lots of pictures and not much text, which they love to peruse. Caleb also saw two small books which looked like super-hero books, which I thought he would be interested in, so we go those too, in hard cover. I was really pleased with our purchases – I hate throwing away money just for the sake of it, but the books we have bought will last them a long time and keep them busy (and quiet) for hours, and will not leave little bits of broken plastic scattered around the house, like debris after a tornado.
The afternoon turned out to be sunny and warm, so Nick and I wandered around the garden, pulling up a few weeds here and there. We found three more melons, but they have been infected by insects. One was almost ripe, so Nick cut it open, and it smelled pretty good, just mushy and rotten inside. Pity that they didn’t work out. I guess if you’re going to grow veggies and fruit you have to be quite diligent with spraying them. We’r
e still growing tomato plants though. I have about four outside, and three inside. The indoor plants, although healthy, are long and spindly, while the outside ones are short and stout and bushy. We see a lot of tiny white moths on the leaves of the outdoor plants, but the indoor ones are untouched.
Because the day was so lovely, we ate supper outside. We brought the boys’ school desk and chairs outside, while Nick and I just ate on our laps. After the sun went behind the mountain it started getting cold pretty quickly, so after Nick left at 5, we came inside for the devotion. We’ve just started the New Testament.
The afternoon turned out to be sunny and warm, so Nick and I wandered around the garden, pulling up a few weeds here and there. We found three more melons, but they have been infected by insects. One was almost ripe, so Nick cut it open, and it smelled pretty good, just mushy and rotten inside. Pity that they didn’t work out. I guess if you’re going to grow veggies and fruit you have to be quite diligent with spraying them. We’r
e still growing tomato plants though. I have about four outside, and three inside. The indoor plants, although healthy, are long and spindly, while the outside ones are short and stout and bushy. We see a lot of tiny white moths on the leaves of the outdoor plants, but the indoor ones are untouched.Because the day was so lovely, we ate supper outside. We brought the boys’ school desk and chairs outside, while Nick and I just ate on our laps. After the sun went behind the mountain it started getting cold pretty quickly, so after Nick left at 5, we came inside for the devotion. We’ve just started the New Testament.
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