What a beautiful day

The weather is gorgeous here at the moment...sunny and mild. Mornings are a bit cool but as the day goes on it's glorious. MK is on nightshift this week, so while he slept we took the girls to school and garderie. First time Ma ma and Poppy have seen Lily's school. Since school returned this week from holidays the parents are supposed to drop the children off at the top of the stairs and the children go downstairs by themselves. Even though I've told Lily this she doesn't want to go down by herself. She always wants me there. So Ma ma and Poppy went with her this morning as it also gave them a chance to see her classroom. I must make more of an effort to get to to school before the bell rings at 8.45am. When we've done that, one of Lily's friends takes her hand and they go downstairs together and I'm not required.

Charlotte on the other hand is so happy at garderie I barely get a wave over the shoulder and no time for a bisous. She's such a dag.

After my walk and shower I made Cranberry Maple Scones. I love those things. Before we ate them I took photos and have just added the pic to my baking site.

This afternoon Lily had ballet so we all trundled off there. I got the time wrong so we were there 45 minutes early. Thought it was 4pm, forgot it was 4.30pm (that's what two weeks break does to me...and the teacher was saying the kids had forgotten a lot in the break!). MK walked down with Charlotte (not enough room in the car) and then took her home early. The teacher invited Ma ma and Poppy to sit in on the class which they loved. Poppy says Lily is in the top 10% for ability in the class. And he says he's not biased ;)

Tonight we had salmon, couscous and roast vegies for dinner then MK had to leave early as he'd done a swap with a colleague so I could go out on Tuesday night (MK went in to work late that night). And now we are deciding whether to go to Zermatt for few days this weekend. Unfortunately it's looking like Mum and Dad will have to leave on Wednesday due to flights out of London being full. Shortens our time a bit. Wonder if it's worth the hassle of going away. MK has Monday and Tuesday off...sure we could keep ourselves amused around here.