Day 156

Fat Tuesday is right. Damn you pancake day!

I woke up today and was not ready to get out of bed. I reset my alarm for 15 minutes later, and then when I eventually got up, I decided to hop in the shower and wash my hair. Luckily, although it felt like forever, it didn't take me too long, and I was downstairs just 20 minutes later than normal. Josh had yet to come down, and Nathaniel hadn't even finished his breakfast, so I wasn't late :D

We ate, and got ready, and then headed up to Peterborough! It was peeing down with rain, but that didn't matter...the DVD screen had to be put in for Zach. I stood in the rain for a couple of minutes trying to attach it to my head rest, and when that didn't work and I was fed up of getting soaked, I sat on my seat and did it that way. Unfortunately the seat was already wet, as the rain was pretty much coming down sideways. I finally got the screen attached, sat properly, and soon enough we were on our way. For real this time.

The boys are really learning about music, which is nice. It seems like their minds are opening a little more each day. They now know each artist on my new CD. As the song starts they guess it. They mixed them up today, but had more right than they did yesterday. It's cute.

We got to Nan's, and I made sure to go in first, so that the boys didn't steal all of my love from her :p She was so happy to see us. Her new furniture and TV are really nice, and I absolutely loved the fact that she still had her old pillows on the new couch. Others didn't, and thought the fact that they didn't match was tacky...but to me, it was a little bit of the old...and I never want that old to go away. It's what I've known for years, and to lose it all just cuz she got a new couch...wouldn't feel right.

We hung out there for a bit, and I was watching the Olympics. Josh showed SOME interest, and after the figure skating, we went to the mall for some lunch. My Nan looked in a store and bought a couple of things, and then her and I waited on the bench while Heloise shopped in Gap with the boys. We weren't there long before the boys were bored, and the 6 of us headed back to Nan's. When we arrived Josh asked Nan if we could have the Olympics on, so the two of us watched some together. Tom arrived, and he went for a walk to the park and the Rainbow (a store) with Heloise and the boys. I stayed with Nan and got to spend some quality time with her. Charlie stopped by to see me, with his girlfriend and her 2 little girls Lilly (Whose name if you ask her, is Chloe), and Leila. They are so cute! I looked at a book with Lilly, she's 3, and she had all sorts of questions about what Harvey the beaver was doing in the kitchen. We looked at the pictures, and she told me she bakes like he does. The two girls had been shy at first, but it didn't take her long to warm up to me. It was really nice. And she seems to love Charlie (of course! He's great). They stayed for a bit, and Charlie showed as much enthusiasm in the Olympics as I do! It was so nice to be around someone else who appreciated them! They decided they had better leave and go make dinner...and pancakes, so off they went. Just as they pulled away, Heloise and Zach came up the drive. Charlie turned the car around, and parked again. He had a conversation with them in the driveway, and then said hi to Tom, Josh and Nathaniel as they walked up. They came inside, and he drove off. We put Harry Potter in and were watching that when I decided I was going to stop talking to Josh for a while. He was being extremely rude, and was in show off mode. When Tom is around Josh decides it's funny to make fun of me. He brought up the fact that I don't like Rooney's attitude, and he would not be quiet about it. Luckily, after me getting fed up with it, and telling him to remember this day, he asked me what I meant. I told him I'd been sticking up for him a lot lately, and he wasn't being very nice. He didn't seem to care. He continued talking the way he had been for the last couple of hours, but when I was in the kitchen, I heard Tom tell him to stop. Glad to know my cousin's got my back :D

Heloise left to get fish and chips, and Zach decided to play up. Nathaniel was cuddling me, and we were trying to pay attention to Harry Potter (the movie Zach wanted on), and Zach wouldn't be quiet. He was bugging Tom, and not listening when we asked him to be quiet so I told him if he didn't listen, I would sit him in the chair and he would have to sit alone instead of with Tom. He said fine, and walked over to the chair on his own but continued to talk. I told him to be quiet, and every 2 seconds he went "Hello", and looked straight at me, knowing he was being bad. I told him he better be quiet or he was going on the steps. "Hello" he said. I picked him up, furious, and put him at the top of the stairs. I told him he had to sit there for 5 minutes quietly. I came back down and he said it again. In my most stern voice, I told him to keep going. That was the last we heard of him for the next 5 minutes. I had put the stopwatch on my phone on, and when the time was up, I went to talk to him, to make sure he knew he wasn't sitting there because he wasn't quiet, it was because of the way he was acting. Being a smarty pants, and rude. I explained that it had been a long time since I'd punished him last, and I wasn't sure if it was because he was in show off mode or what, but I didn't like it. He was fine for the rest of the night.

Heloise got back with dinner, and we ate. I was getting full before I finished my chips, and by the time my plate was clean, I was done. I couldn't understand why they were going to have a 2nd dinner. Yes it was pancake day...but how could you possibly eat pancakes after that??? Well...I was sitting next to Nathaniel when Josh brought him his pancake. It wasn't a pancake at all. It was a crepe. Well that's not dinner! That's dessert! I decided to have one, and am wishing I didn't. Stupid Fat Tuesday Pancake Day. I had been so good (minus a couple of candies), and my new diet was suddenly out the window. Idiot! I've felt like a whale ever since.

We said goodbye to Nan, and headed home. Nathaniel fell asleep in the car, and the other 2 were ready for bed by the time we got to the driveway. I unloaded the car. Heloise carried Nathaniel in, and Zach wanted to be carried, but wouldn't let me be the one to do it. He wanted me to wait with him for Heloise to get back though. That's hardly fair. I told him I had to unload the car, so I could either carry him in, or he could wait on his own for her. He waited on his own for her. (Not the option I was hoping he would take). I called my Nan to let her know we arrived safely, and then I came up, showered, PACKED FOR PARIS!!!!!! and came online. Now I really need to go to sleep as I need to be up at 4. Tim didn't know what time we're leaving tomorrow, he just told me early. So...I'm going to be ready early. He had eventually told me we'd leave at least, probably, by 5:30...well, I'm going to be ready by 5 so that no one can blame me for anything. On that note, I better get some shut eye. Good Night xx