Crap Weather For June

[walpurgis]

Overnight rain has left things wet. The temperature is 22C at the moment and it's humid and dull. Not sure how it's going to shape up.

[Alex_UK]

Is there any reason though why you can't have your main meal all together as a family, when the kids get in from school, or not long afterwards? Or are you still at work? If not, a bit of advance preparation, food wise, could facilitate it - and that would be healthier for everyone

We do when we can, but it will vary from day to day. Kids have various clubs after school/in the evening - Girl Guides (not me!) Beavers (Don't! ) Piano lessons, football, hockey, drama, dancing - you get the idea - so one or the other of us is running around taking them somewhere most evenings. And both of us have jobs which involve travelling (Sue's down in the New Forest today) so she'll be back late, and the kids will need feeding before its the Girl Guides Crabbing Championship (yes, really!) at Waldringfield;




If Sue doesn't get back in time I'll take both kids and go for a walk with son (or maybe take him for a pint in the Maybush!) By the time we get home it will be 9.30pm - so it will be a late dinner again tonight! All part of family fun.

Not due any more rain today, cloudy but still 23c so pleasant enough.

[struth]

someone mention beaver?

[Alex_UK]

someone mention beaver?

I was expecting it to be Marco!

Not sure if they serve beaver in the Maybush though!?

[Marco]

We do when we can, but it will vary from day to day. Kids have various clubs after school/in the evening - Girl Guides (not me!) Beavers (Don't! ) Piano lessons, football, hockey, drama, dancing - you get the idea - so one or the other of us is running around taking them somewhere most evenings. And both of us have jobs which involve travelling (Sue's down in the New Forest today) so she'll be back late, and the kids will need feeding before its the Girl Guides Crabbing Championship (yes, really!) at Waldringfield;




If Sue doesn't get back in time I'll take both kids and go for a walk with son (or maybe take him for a pint in the Maybush!) By the time we get home it will be 9.30pm - so it will be a late dinner again tonight! All part of family fun.

Love the look of that place. Nice one

All noted, and that's cool [indeed mucho respecto, amigo]. You must be absolutely knackered after all that lot, though... Do ever manage some, erm, 'beaver time' for yourself?

Let me rephrase that, as I'm a nice man... Some 'quality time' for you and Sue?

Marco.

[Alex_UK]

Love the look of that place. Nice one

All noted, and that's cool [indeed mucho respecto, amigo]. You must be absolutely knackered after all that lot, though... Do ever manage some, erm, 'beaver time' for yourself?

Let me rephrase that, as I'm a nice man... Some 'quality time' for you and Sue?

Marco.

You have to be creative for "quality time" as other parents will no doubt attest! But in terms of going out just the two of us, very rarely - and to be honest, that's the way we like it - we love going out together as a family and experiencing things together. We're members of the National Trust, English Heritage, Imperial War Museum, RSPB, Suffolk Wildlife (there's probably more) as well as having annual passes to Colchester Zoo, members of the church, various school, guide and scout events, so we're never bored, and they learn so much from all of these institutions. Education isn't just down to going to school.

Whenever Sue and I go out for a meal on our own (if we leave them with a babysitter) we always end up spending the evening talking about them anyway, and worrying if they're all right, so if there's anything to celebrate such as an anniversary (and even Valentines) we all go out together and have a nice meal and family time - and all screens banned!

I don't ever feel knackered really, despite working hard and all of the above - guess I'm lucky I've always had reasonably high energy levels and don't need masses of sleep. And I can't stand doing nothing. When we go on holiday we do obviously have some days when the kids just play in the pool or on the beach but even then we'd ALL rather get out and find local attractions - museums and nature reserves as well as theme parks and fun stuff.

[Marco]

All noted and cool, mate. What's most important is making some nice memories together, as a family, as ultimately that's what you'll treasure most and look back on in future, especially the kids!

Marco.

[Alex_UK]

Memories are more precious than money.

[Roy S]

No rain so far and the sun’s just come out. Went for a walk to the local shops, my shortcut

[Alex_UK]

By the time we get home it will be 9.30pm - so it will be a late dinner again tonight!

Just finished dinner - it was a lovely sunset earlier, and incredibly mild outside barbecuing the chicken. (With a head torch!) Forecast is for a grey day tomorrow but no rain, then three days of lovely sunshine and 27c on Saturday which will work well for the school fete.