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Date: 25 March 2008 12:51:30
We have had a very good Easter. Like most others in the UK, we have seen sun, rain, hail and snow - usually in the space of 5 minutes of each other.
Friday was quite, except for FW having to work on Friday evening at her drug and alcohol home - I keep telling her to give them up but she won't listen ;-)
Saturday saw the arrival of Stroppy Boy for his stay with us. We took him out for his (late) birthday lunch and then off to buy his birthday present(s). He decided to buy some Lego Star Wars things to further his collection. He also bought Dasterdly & Mutley in Catch The Pigeon. When I say "he" I actually mean ME. Yes, I bought it for myself - I just love them.
In the evning he assisted in the construction of the baseboard for the small model railway that we'll be building. Things didn't go entirely to plan but he did help a lot. It wasn't his fault that the glue didn't hold or that some of the pins provided weren't long enough.
Sunday saw us swapping over the boys and taking charge of Shouty Boy for his visit. We forgot that it was Easter Sunday, despite attending the service, and that all our usual eating establishments would be closed. We ended up at Pizza Hut - again!!! as Shouty said....
We went back to the house so that he could watch Die Another Day, which he insisted that he'd never seen before. I try falling asleep on the couch but kept being woken up at certain points until he finlly understood that Uncle T&E had really seen it too many times before and needed a nap!
We then settled down to an evening of FW and Shouty preparing tea and the watching an old Top Gear, of which he is now a fan, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which he also enjoyed. I'd never read the book until Saturday and tried my best to finish it before the pragramme started but ended up with 20 unread pages. Thankfully the book is very, very good and the programme was different enough not to spoil things.
Yesterday Shouty proved his worth by helping FW to wash-up and sweep up before I emerged from my Monday morning bath/readfest. Then we took him to the local Community Farm for a "quiet" time with the animals. As you can guess, it was a typical Bank Holiday Monday and the place was crammed full of kids and parents.
For lunch he wanted a Hot dog so we took him to the local DIY shop. The burger van there does very, very good burgers and Hot Dogs. Then we took him home and went home for a Bank Holiday nap, during Ben Hur, before FW and I finished off the baseboard frame.