...which means we have had a quiet Christmas at home, which was lovely at first but aft just a few days made me realise quite how much time our home education is not at home!
We have our big Christmas meal on Christmas eve, and the first change to our usual arrangements was that I had to get up early to fetch the turkey from the butchers before Simon went to work. Madi and I also had a walk out to fetch some fresh bread, singing Christmas songs and carols as we went, a word each until one of us went wrong and then we'd start again.
Though I say it myself, the meal was fantastic, although apparently Madi would prefer no turkey, and more stuffing and pigs-in-blankets (both of which, of course, she had made!) Stuffing our faces so late in the evening meant that even Madi slept until 9am. After opening presents, Madi and I went to visit my brother and his family, where my Mum was also spending the day, and got back just in time for my Dad to arrive for a buffet tea.
After more-than-enough leftovers, television specials and films, plenty of playing with new toys, and a meal out with Simon's family, at last the seemingly neverending bank holidays were over, but still no car.
JK had a fantastic day at the first ever PCM Ice Hockey Clinic, and Madi and I met up with HE Friends at an indoor play area.
After the new year, we also took a bus into Mansfield and met up with friends- JK with a friend from ice hockey for shopping and 'hangingout' and Madi and I at Titchfield Park. It was freezing cold, and the cafe and toilets were closed, but the girls seemed happy to play forever! Eventually we made it to Mansfield Museum (via The Old Library for lunch)
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