The Weekend

Yesterday we had a good day, doing the usual Friday stuff. There’s much comfort in the familiar when the familiar is comfortable! We finished school at a decent time, then went to Sally’s for lunch, taking it to Castle Gardens as usual when the weather’s good, which it was. In the afternoon Nick collected his new glasses from the hospital, and he’s so pleased to finally have them – he can see! Then he went to prison, and I think I scrapped – seems mostly likely – then we had pizza for supper and Nick and I watched a DVD. Today was GNC, then we all went to town to choose the afternoon’s DVD and to buy a few goodies for a picnic lunch, which we took to the George Benjamin Arboretum. I took with me the prepared ingredients for ham, cheese and mayo sandwiches, which we assembled at the picnic spot. It was very cloudy in the country, with a few spots of rain, but mostly the weather was satisfactory. After lunch we walked through the arboretum, the regular circular route that we always do, which brings us out on the road some distance away from the car. It was really a very pleasant walk and the boys coped so well with it – not one complaint, just enjoyment. We were home by about 2 pm, and then watched a DVD together, which was really a bit young for the boys but they enjoyed it anyway. Nick and I tolerated it. During the late afternoon we just spent some time outside, enjoying the peace. Nick read a bit, Caleb constructed something or other, Aaron went about taking strange photos and I – well, the picture tells it all.