Day 36

Another great day in England. A cold one...but great nonetheless.

My alarm went off at 8, and seeing as I didn't fall asleep until gone 1:30, I decided I would reset my alarm for 8:15. 2 seconds later I heard a child scream at the bottom of the stairs. Don't know what it was about this time, but I was awake. I stretched out a bit and got out of bed. Got ready and went down for breakfast. While I was eating the boys were loud and the chaos hit as Tim tried to get them ready for Football. The 4 of them left the house, Toni arrived and her, Heloise and I sat to talk for about half an hour before it was our turn to leave.

We got into Toni's car and went to the field. Once there we watched Nathaniel's game. He had a hat trick by the time Josh's game had started. I was very impressed. He's a very good little player. Josh was in net for the first half of his game so I had told him I'd watch. He did well. He disagrees but after some practice I'm sure he'll be great. Zoe (Toni's niece) and Zach were playing with us. I had a whole conversation about giants with Zoe. She's a cutie pie. She was shy at first, and by the 2nd half of Josh's game she was sitting in my arms talking about her brother being the size of the moon. I love children's care free imaginations. They're great. More people should think like children do. And they're so honest. Josh's game finished, I congratulated both of our little players, got lots of cuddles from Nathaniel and then Toni and I tried to leave. Nathaniel begged me to come. Now that I think of it, he could have. I just thought he'd be a bit bored. Anyway, he chased us for a sec, and then stopped and we left.

We found our way to Colchester. Pretty easily actually. Just one wrong turn. But I think I might actually be able to find my way there now, alone. We got to Starbucks, and by the time Ashley (my friend in Peterborough), and his girlfriend Sandy found us, we had finished our drinks. The two of them got one, and we caught up at a table outside. It was really nice.

We then walked around the shops and chatted a bit more. I had such a great time. Ash and Sandy had to head back home so that they could make it there before dinner, and Toni and I were leaving right away anyway. We stopped at Starbucks on the way out so I could get my fix, but they were out of Soy...so I'll have to wait until at least Tuesday. Sigh. haha.

We drove home, Toni dropped me off and when I walked in the door, I didn't know what was going on. It was SILENT! I eerily walked down the hall and into the breakfast room where I saw Heloise sitting on the computer in peace in the family room. She told me the boys were out with my Uncle and Aunt. I started making a turkey, mayonnaise, cranberry sandwich, and Heloise remembered she had to run up to the Co op. I decided to go with her, so I dropped what I was doing, we hopped into the car and drove up to the high street. We had to run into the store as they were closing right away and told us we could only go in if we were quick. Luckily Heloise only needed a couple of things.

We got home, and as I finished making my sandwich the boys came in with Uncle Clifford and Aunt Jill. They had gone to see UP! Josh was begging me to go outside and help him practice his goalie skills, so I finished my sandwich and out we went. He seemed to really enjoy it. We spent about 30 mins out there, and then it was time for him to go to swimming. That didn't go over well, but I can understand why. I felt really sorry for him. Someone had come to pick him up and all he wanted was for someone in his family to watch him. So Uncle Clifford ended up taking him instead.

Nathaniel and I were on my computer and I was listening to my friend Adam online (on a Winnipeg radio station), and was talking to him on Facebook. He mentioned mine and Nathaniel's name on air and Nathaniel didn't know it was coming so his face lit up. It was amazing :D He was like "Was that ME Nathaniel he was talking about??" It was too cute. We then went into the playroom and turned on the Wii. Zach, Nathaniel and I played Mario and Sonic's Olympic games until dinner was ready. Josh got home and sat down to eat with us. Uncle Clifford and Aunt Jill left and it was time for Zach to get ready for bed. While he got ready Josh and Nathaniel played on their computer. They went up to get ready, and soon after Josh was sitting with me watching "The Weakest Link". He had to go up near the end, so I watched the rest by myself, and then turned on the X Factor.

Now I'm sitting here with Heloise watching Emma, and will be going up very shortly to get ready for bed and make the new star chart.

Will report back tomorrow. xx